About
Highlights
Alvin's career as a writer, director and producer has spanned decades - starting with the early days of live black and white BBC drama, working with leading actors in film and television and winning numerous awards in the process. Highlights of his career include:
1954 - NATIONAL TV AWARD - 'Waiting for Gillian'
(later re-produced in French)
1957 - LAUNCHES CAREER of SEAN CONNERY -
'Requiem For A Heavyweight'
1964 - LAUNCHES BBC 2
- first three plays on BBC2, 'The Seekers'
1967 - EMMY AWARD -
'Call Me Daddy'
1978 - LAUNCHES CAREER of ALAN RICKMAN
- 'Romeo & Juliet'
1983 - SECOND EMMY AWARD & 3 BANFF AWARDS -
'A Voyage Round My Father'
1996 - ROYAL TV SOCIETY AWARD & BAFTA
for SIMON RUSSELL BEALE -
'A Dance to the Music of Time'
1996 - First NOVEL '& GILLIAN'
Translated into 10 languages
2011 - 'A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY' (Stage Musical)
- El Portal Theater, Hollywood
2015/16 - USA TOUR 'A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY' TBA
2015 - 'AN ACT OF LOVE' (Screenplay) -
Anglo/German film co-production TBA
CAST LIST
Actors Alvin has worked with include:
Laurence Olivier
Sean Connery
Michael Caine
Michael Gambon
David Threlfall
Judi Dench
Angela Lansbury
John Geilgud
Kenneth More
Rex Harrison
Roger Moore
Henry Fonda
Ava Gardner
Shelley Winters
Jeremy Irons
Michael Crawford
Jane Asher
Peter Sellers
Richard Harris
Rod Steiger
.. and many, many more.
