Chris Jury
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Chris Jury | |
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Born | Coventry, Warwickshire, England | 28 September 1956
Occupation(s) | Actor, writer and director |
Years active | 1979 to now |
Chris Jury (born 28 September 1956 in
Jury studied Drama/English at
Having made his name in Lovejoy, Jury was a strong contender to play the Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who in 1987, a role which was ultimately cast with Sylvester McCoy. A year later, Jury appeared as a guest star in the story The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.[citation needed]
Through his own company, Picture That, he produced and directed To Baldly Go, a short romantic comedy which was sold to Channel 4 in the UK, and also secured an international distribution contract, selling to numerous TV stations throughout Europe and the USA. After a brief spell working in drama script development at BBC Pebble Mill, in Birmingham, he made two more short films for Picture That: Poppy's Present, which he produced and directed, and Puke Fiction (The Vomit Trilogy), which he wrote and directed.
Puke Fiction was shown in competition at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton and won the Electric Pavilion Award, for Best Film, awarded by the Halloween Society. It was also chosen for a screening at the ICA as part of the 'Uncut' season of short films and was also shown in the 'British Shorts' section of the Manchester Film Festival and the Big Fix Festival in Birmingham.
His broadcast directing credits include Dream Team, Coronation Street, Crossroads, Family Affairs and over 40 episodes of EastEnders. His writing credits include, The Dig, a two act comedy for the
He has lectured on scriptwriting and Film & TV production at the University Of West London, Leeds Metropolitan University, Bath Spa University, Ruskin College Oxford, University Of The Creative Arts. In 2015 Jury was reported for swearing at a student at Bath Spa, which led to him being fired.
He has been a trade unionist for over 40 years and a member of Equity, the Directors Guild of Great Britain (DGGB), Directors UK, University and College Union (UCU) and the Writers' Guild (WGGB). He was founding Chair of the Midlands TUC Creative & Leisure Industries Committee retiring in 2018. Before retiring he had been a member of the National Exec and Chair of the TV Committee of the DGGB, Branch Chair and South West Regional Executive Communications Officer of UCU, and a member of the TV Committee of the WGGB.
Jury was accused by the Campaign Against Antisemitism of sharing
References
External links
- Official Web Site
- Chris Jury at IMDb