Peter Lydon

Peter Lydon is an English television director-for-hire working in dramas. His successful advertising portfolio, including commercials for IKEA and Sky Broadband, have both helped his visibility in the U.K. and facilitated his ongoing TV projects. He had an auspicious debut in 1991, when he directed two episodes of the BBC documentary series "Arena," earning a BAFTA nomination for his piece on the late, great English genius Peter Sellers. He followed that honor up in 1993 with two U.S. projects, oddly enough--documentaries about the comedian Al Lubel and New York's Guggenheim Museum, respectively. By 1996, Lydon had landed one of his most prolific TV gigs, midway through the very long run of the British police crime drama "The Bill." In 1998, Lydon added comedy to his resume, directing several episodes of the BBC drama "Ballykissangel," about a Roman Catholic priest living in a rural Irish village. In the early 2000s, Lydon wrote and directed two film shorts before returning to directing crime dramas and comedies, peaking late in the decade when he directed four episodes each of the racy drama "Secret Diary of a Call Girl," followed by the BBC bio-drama "Garrow's Law," a portrait of the 18th century justice-fighting lawyer, William Garrow.