Alvin Rakoff

Alvin Rakoff is a celebrated television, film, and stage director. Now in his 90s and still working, in the last 68 years he has directed some of the world's leading actors, from Laurence Olivier to Sean Connery. He won an Emmy Award for Call Me Daddy (1967) and A Voyage Round My Father (1983) and is credited with launching the career of the late Alan Rickman.