Writing • AGE 76
David Leland (20 April 1947 - 24 December 2023) was a director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut Wish You Were Here in 1987.


Reel Britannia
Self
2022

An Accidental Studio
Self
2019

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
2016

The Borgias
Director
2011

Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009

Virgin Territory
Director
2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007

Concert for George
Producer
2003

The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Self
2001

Band of Brothers
Director
2001

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Costume Designer
2000

The White River Kid
Socrates Storekeeper
1999

The Land Girls
Director
1998

When Saturday Comes
Priest
1996

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Costume Designer
1992

The Big Man
Director
1990

Checking Out
Director
1988

Wish You Were Here
Director
1987

Personal Services
Mr. Pilkington / Danielle
1987

Mona Lisa
Writer
1986

Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Driver
1985

Made in Britain
Screenplay
1983

R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
Writer
1983

Flying Into the Wind
Writer
1983

Birth of a Nation
Writer
1983

Tales Out of School
Writer
1983

The Missionary
Long Haired Man at Gin Palace
1982

Psy-Warriors
Writer
1981

Time Bandits
Puppeteer
1981

Beloved Enemy
Screenplay
1981

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Majikthise
1981

Golden Gordon
Football Manager
1979

Target
Murray
1977

The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Nemov
1973

Gawain and the Green Knight
Humphrey
1973

The Pied Piper
Officer
1972

Van der Valk
Madame Arthur
1972

One Brief Summer
1971

The Last of the Mohicans
1971

Scars of Dracula
First Officer
1970

Julius Caesar
Plebian
1970

Big Breadwinner Hog
Grange
1969

Callan
1967

Sherlock Holmes
1964