David Green

David Green (born 12 November 1948) is a British film director, television producer and media executive. Biography Green, born in London, England, to Evelyn Morris and Louis Green, was educated at Bury Grammar School and at Trinity College, Oxford, from where he graduated as a Master of Arts in English Language and Literature. He joined Yorkshire Television straight from Oxford and, within a year, became the youngest ever YTV programme director, cutting his directorial teeth on the launch of Emmerdale (60 episodes) before going on to direct 29 one-hour episodes of Whicker's World, a three-part American medical series with Austin Mitchell, two European political documentaries narrated by Robert Kee and a film about Elvis fronted by David Frost; also, documentaries about Sir John Gielgud and Lord Mountbatten of Burma. Green is now a major figure in the British and American film and television industries, having worked on motion pictures and TV projects in virtually every genre. His moviedirecting credits include the award-winning romantic comedy and crime-drama Buster (4 awards) featuring Phil Collins and Julie Walters, and the $22m action adventure Wings of the Apache starring Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones and Sean Young (released in the USA as Fire Birds by Touchstone). Other feature film directing credits include the psychological thriller Breathtaking with Joanne Whalley and Jamie Foreman, and the comedy Car Trouble featuring Julie Walters and Ian Charleson.