David
Hevey directs across a range of UK tv output, including docudrama,
drama and documentaries. His critically acclaimed and impactful
films often push the form of television.
Most of his films show on the International festival circuit after broadcast.
He is equally at home directing actors and non- actors. He also has cinematographer,
producer, tv pundit and tv presenter credits. He is a member the RTS and
the Directors
Guild of Great Britain.
FREAK
OUT. BBC. Director. Docudrama exploring body,
difference and acceptance. “Must have been as
courageous to make as it is moving to watch” The
Times.
REMEMBER
ME. BBC. Director. A theatre-doc about not
dying alone.
“ Visually stunning”, Time Out.
“ Powerful and provocative”, The
Guardian.
“ The frank and grimly humorous insights
from Aids and HIV victims, framed against such a theatrical
setting, are all the more poignant for it”. The
London Evening Standard.
THE
DISABLED CENTURY. BBC. Director. Untold stories,
shown in an explosive way.
“ Brilliant...a really good example of the
bigger and better philosophy” Jane Root
“ Visually striking” Paul Hoggart, The Times.
“ Beauty and eloquence perpetually forced the viewer to look and
hear in fresh ways” Robert Hanks, The Independent.
“ Exemplary..Magnificent..I hope to see it leading the Bafta nominations” Gerard
O’Donovan, The Telegraph.
“ First rate”, Jack Dee, The Guardian’s My Media
column.
“ On any level, the best programme on television this
week” The Independent
Laura
Hershey's Weekly Web Column (Review).
MODERN
TIMES: THE MYSTICS. BBC. Director Docudrama.
“ Moving and powerful. This sceptic was gripped,
vice-like, to the bitter end” Time Out.
“ Successfully, an ironic modernist opera”.
The Financial Times.
MODERN
TIMES: TEN THOUSAND PRIVATE EYES. BBC. Director/Cinematographer.
Docudrama. Private justice for sale.
“ Strangely sexy” Time Out.
“ Highly stylized” Daily Mail.
“ Great stories” TV Times.
DESCANT
ON MINE OWN DEFORMITY. BBC. Director/Screenwriter.
Drama. Shakespeare finds himself adrift in our times.
SHORT
FILMS: THE BELLS—DEREK. Holy Cow/BBC.
Director/Co-writer.
BBC
DOCUMENTARIES AND JOURNALISM INCLUDE:
MODERN TIMES: SUICIDE Exploring male
suicide.
THE
MEN WHO CHANGED FOOTBALL.
POOR DEAR. A controversial examination
of the UK charity industry.