▁was ▁commission ed ▁by ▁Warner ▁Brothers ▁to ▁direct ▁Inside ▁Out ▁( 1 9 7 5 ), ▁a ▁cap er ▁movie ▁fil med ▁in ▁Berlin . ▁ ▁D uff ell ▁was ▁also ▁Gre ene ' s ▁choice ▁to ▁write ▁and ▁direct ▁The ▁Honor ary ▁Cons ul . ▁T ogether ▁they ▁collabor ated ▁on ▁the ▁script , ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁event ▁other ▁interests ▁interven ed ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁great ▁dis may ▁of ▁both ▁D uff ell ▁and ▁Gre ene ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁another ▁script ▁by ▁another ▁director . ▁However , ▁the ▁two ▁men ▁remained ▁life - long ▁friends ▁and ▁Gre ene ▁continued ▁to ▁hope ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁again ▁work ▁together . ▁D uff ell ▁won ▁the ▁B AF TA ▁award ▁for ▁Best ▁Director ▁for ▁C aught ▁on ▁A ▁Train ▁( 1 9 8 0 ) ▁written ▁by ▁Stephen ▁Pol iak off ▁and ▁featuring ▁Peg gy ▁Ash cro ft ▁and ▁Michael ▁K itchen . ▁He ▁also ▁script ed ▁and ▁directed ▁films ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁writers ▁such ▁as ▁Margaret ▁D rab ble ▁and ▁Francis ▁King , ▁and ▁wrote ▁many ▁other ▁screen plays ▁for ▁cinema ▁and ▁television . ▁Exper ience ▁Pre ferred ▁but ▁Not ▁Ess ential ▁( 1 9 8 2 ), ▁which ▁he ▁directed ▁for ▁David ▁P utt nam , ▁was ▁shown ▁at ▁the ▁London ▁Film ▁Festival ▁and ▁at ▁festiv als ▁in ▁Italy ▁and ▁Canada . ▁It ▁enjoyed ▁box - office ▁success ▁in ▁American ▁where ▁– ▁after ▁a ▁ra ve ▁interview ▁by ▁Vincent ▁Can by ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁– ▁it ▁ran