Sandy Johnson

Sandy Johnson (1953), is a Scottish director who has directed episodes of  various TV shows as well as Doctor Who.

Prior to Doctor Who
Johnson's father Alfred managed a hotel near Loch Lomond which was frequented by celebrities and film stars touring the UK. Betty Hutton stayed there when appearing at the Glasgow Empire in 1952, also the likes of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Glynis Johns, Richard Todd (whose Irish Wolfhounds were bigger than him), Jack Train, Kenneth Wolstenholme, Ralph Reader and Terence Rattigan.

In 1955 Johnson (aged 2) was introduced to Tyrone Power who was visiting Glasgow to present Ruchill Hospital with equipment funded by the Roosevelt Memorial (Polio) Fund.

Sandy Johnson's first role was playing the part of a Market Trader in the 1971 film Kidnapped, he also played several minor roles in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Johnson directed episodes of The Comic Strip Presents (1983-1984)

His first full-length film was Coast to Coast (1987) written by Stan Hey and starring John Shea, Lenny Henry and Pete Postlethwaite. In Scotland he directed Leaving (1988), The Gift (1989) and The Wreck on the Highway (1990) starring Lynn Anderson.

In 1989 he directed Defrosting The Fridge, written by Ray Connolly and starring Joe Don Baker.

In the 1990s he directed Gone to the Dogs, Gone to Seed and Roughnecks. In Australia he directed Supernova starring Rob Brydon. He directed the final two episodes of the first series of Kingdom.

Work on Doctor Who
Johnson's first Doctor Who credit was the Season 33 story The English Way of Death. He then went on to direct several more Doctor Who episodes.

After Doctor Who
Johnson also directed episodes of Inspector Morse, A Touch of Frost, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

In 2001 he directed Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (TV series) starring Stephen Mangan and Alison Steadman, written by Sue Townsend.

In 2007 he directed an episode of The Last Detective.

In 2008 he directed Love Soup, written by David Renwick and starring Tamsin Greig, and Series 2-7 of Benidorm (29 episodes from 2008 to 2015) written by Derren Litten.

In 2009, he won a Bafta for for Harry & Paul and in 2011 a third BAFTA for Harry & Paul.

In 2013 he directed Big Bad World (TV series) for Comedy Central starring Blake Harrison, Rebecca Humphries, Seann Walsh and David Fynn and The Spa (TV series) written by Derren Litten, starring Rebecca Front.

In 2015 he directed the 8-part series Cradle To Grave written by Danny Baker and Jeff Pope, starring Peter Kay, Lucy Speed and Laurie Kynaston.

Personal Life
To be added.

Selected Credits
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As Director

 * The English Way of Death
 * The Hail Mary
 * Never Mind the Rogue
 * The Puppet Master
 * Illusions of Life
 * The Curse of the Tower
 * The Other
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