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.

 


 

 

 

 
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