Paul Marcus
British television director and producer

Paul Marcus

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British television director and producer
Gender:
Male
Places:
United KingdomGreat Britain
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Television director
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
(London)
Death:
13 February 2011(London)
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Paul Coryn Valentine Marcus (30 May 1954 – 13 February 2011) was a British television director and producer. 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.

Early life

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.

Credits

His credits include the following:

  • New Voices (1994, TV series)
  • Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness (1995, TV movie)
  • Break Up (1998)
  • After Alice (2000)
  • Murder Room: Mysteries Of The Real Sherlock Holmes (2001, TV series)
  • The Bill (2002, TV series)
  • In Deep (2001-2003, TV series)
  • Imperium: Nerone (2004, TV movie)
  • Heidi (2005)
  • Dalziel and Pascoe (2000-2006, TV series)
  • Roman Mysteries (2007, TV series)
  • Lark Rise To Candleford (2009, TV series)