Charles Sturridge

Charles B. G. Sturridge (born 24 June 1951) is an English director and screenwriter. He is the recipient of a BAFTA Children's Award and four BAFTA TV Awards. He has also been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards. Early life and education Sturridge was born in London, England, to Alyson P. (née Burke, later Williams) and Jerome F. Sturridge. He was educated at Stonyhurst College and University College, Oxford. Career Sturridge began his career as an actor. He appeared in Zigger Zagger in 1967 with the National Youth Theatre, played Markland in Lindsay Anderson's film if.... (1968) and portrayed the young Edward VII in Edward the Seventh (1975). After directing episodes of Coronation Street, Strangers, World in Action, Crown Court and The Spoils of War by his late twenties, he gained international recognition for his work on the eleven-part television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited which won over 17 awards including two Golden Globes and six British Academy awards. He scripted a film version of J. G. Farrell's Troubles made for London Weekend Television in 1988 and directed by Christopher Morahan.