Attended Cambridge University. Three year training course at Granada
Television, with intention of going into theatre. Graduated to
directing TV plays, building strong reputation for work with David
Hare, David Edgar, Hohn, John Osborne, Jack Rosenthal.
[on making the fourth Harry Potter movie] "I was very anxious to break
the franchise out of this goody-two-shoes feel. It's my view that
children are violent, dirty, corrupt anarchists. Just adults-in-waiting
basically."
