He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1984 (1983 season)
for Best Director for Cyrano De Bergerac.
He was awarded the 1983 London Critics Circle Theatre Awards (Drama
Theatre Awards) for Best Classical Director of Cyrano De Bergerac.
He was awarded the 1993 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best
Director for Tamburlaine The Great.
He was awarded the 1993 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama
Theatre Award) for Best Director for Tamburlaine The Great.
Graduated from RADA.
An Associate Member of RADA.
In 1985, received three Tony Award nominations: as Best Director (Play)
and Best Lighting Designer for Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing,"
and another as Best Lighting Designer for "Cyrano de Bergerac."
He was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British
Empire) in the 2007 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to
drama.
He lives in Denbighshire, Wales. (January 2007)
Corwen, Denbighshire, United Kingdom. (June 2008)
Long time companion of Julia Lintott with whom he had 2 sons.