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David Leland
Director 1947 - 2023

David Leland

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

David Leland (20 April 1947 - 24 December 2023) was a director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut Wish You Were Here in 1987.

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

4 titles
Virgin Territory

Virgin Territory

David Leland 2007 1h 33m 4.0

Virgin Territory is a 2007 romantic comedy film based upon Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron.

The Land Girls

The Land Girls

David Leland 1998 1h 51m 4.5

During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such "land girls" of different social backgrounds - quiet Stella, young hairdresser Prue, and Cambridge graduate Ag - become best friends in spite of their different backgrounds.

The Big Man

The Big Man

David Leland 1990 1h 56m

An unemployed Scottish miner (Liam Neeson) is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.

Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

David Leland 1987 1h 32m

In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. She eventually becomes pregnant by an acquaintance of her father.

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