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Jon Amiel
Director 78 years old

Jon Amiel

London, England, UK

Jon Amiel (born 20 May 1948) is an English director who has worked in film and television in both the UK and the US. After receiving a BAFTA Award nomination for the BBC series The Singing Detective (1986), he went on to direct films,... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

7 titles
Creation

Creation

Jon Amiel 2009 1h 48m 7.0

English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to find a balance between his revolutionary theories on evolution and the relationship with religious wife, whose faith contradicts his work.

The Core

The Core

Jon Amiel 2003 2h 16m 5.5

The Earth's core has stop spinning. Disasters are appearing all over the world. Birds acting crazy, powerful thunderstorms, 32 people died at the second. Dr. Josh Keyes and his crew of five (total members: 6) goes down to the central of the Earth and drop a nuclear bomb to make the Earth's core spin again or Mankind will perish...

Entrapment

Entrapment

Jon Amiel 1999 1h 52m 6.6

When retired thief Robert "Mac" MacDougal is implicated in the disappearance of a priceless painting, insurance investigator Virginia "Gin" Baker sets a trap to catch her suspect. But Gin is not exactly who she seems. Soon, she and Mac have joined forces to pull off -- quite literally -- the heist of the millennium.

The Man Who Knew Too Little

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Jon Amiel 1997 1h 34m 6.5

An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.

Copycat

Copycat

Jon Amiel 1995 2h 4m 7.3

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Sommersby

Sommersby

Jon Amiel 1993 1h 49m 5.9

A farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor.

Tune in Tomorrow...

Tune in Tomorrow...

Jon Amiel 1990 1h 47m 6.0

Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Julia, not related by blood, returns home after many years away and Martin falls for her.

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