Paul Marcus

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Paul Marcus
Born
Paul Coryn Valentine Marcus

(1954-05-30)30 May 1954
Died13 February 2011(2011-02-13) (aged 56)
Occupationtelevision director
SpouseViviana Maranzano (1987–2011)

Paul Coryn Valentine Marcus (30 May 1954 – 13 February 2011) was a BAFTA winning British television director and producer.[1][2] His most notable success was as producer of the television series Prime Suspect, but he also worked in cinema, theatre and many other TV series.[3]

Early life[edit]

Marcus was born in London in 1954, the son of playwright Frank Marcus, a German-born Jew who fled to Britain in 1939 and the actress Jacqueline Sylvester. He was educated at Latymer Upper School and Lincoln College, Oxford.[4]

Credits[edit]

His credits include the following:

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Obituary London Guardian, 4 March 2011.
  2. ^ "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
  3. ^ "Paul Marcus". BFI. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Paul Marcus: TV producer and director who was a driving force behind". The Independent. October 23, 2011. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25.

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