Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus
Born
Paul Coryn Valentine Marcus

(1954-05-30)30 May 1954
Died13 February 2011(2011-02-13) (aged 56)
Occupationtelevision director
SpouseViviana Maranzano (1987–2011)

Paul Coryn Valentine Marcus (30 May 1954 – 13 February 2011) was a BAFTA winning 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:

Notes

  1. ^ Obituary London Guardian, 4 March 2011.
  2. ^ "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
  3. ^ "Paul Marcus". BFI. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Paul Marcus: TV producer and director who was a driving force behind". The Independent. October 23, 2011. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25.