John Burrell (theatre director) then executive artistic director for CBS TV in New York, and was credited with revolutionizing design on television. His final post was as a drama professor at the University of Illinois." John Burrell (theatre director) John Percy Burrell (6 May 1910–28 September 1972) was an English theatre director. John Burrell was educated at Shrewsbury School in Shropshire, England and he led a successful theatre career afterwards. He was appointed as a co-director of the Old Vic Theatre in London, England, with Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson in 1948. He later moved to the USA and worked on Broadway, New York.
Paul Unwin (director) "Shameless" (Company Pictures, Channel 4) and "Breathless". "Breathless" screened on ITV in Autumn 2013 and in the US in 2014. As a theatre director his work includes ""The Man Who Had All the Luck"" by Arthur Miller at the Bristol Old Vic and the Young Vic, "The Misanthrope" at the Bristol Old Vic and the Royal National Theatre, "The Master Builder" at the Bristol Old Vic", Hamlet", "Othello", "In Times Like These" by Jeremy Brock. His artistic directorship of the Bristol Old Vic was a remarkable period and launched the careers of several of Britain’s foremost actors and directors. As