Directing

James Cellan Jones

Born — Died

1931-07-13 — 2019-08-30

Place of birth

Swansea, Wales, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

26 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Beach Head poster
7.0

On his thirty-seventh mission, Commandant Tom Decker and his colleague Ensign Warner-Carr become alarmed at what they find when their spaceship lands on Planet 0243/B.

Beach Head

1969

The Day Christ Died poster
6.3

A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.

The Day Christ Died

1980

A Little Piece of Sunshine poster
8.0

Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of the island is shot. Her Majesty's secret service is called in and Sam McCready asks Desmond Hannah of Scotland Yard to take charge of the case.

A Little Piece of Sunshine

1990

Bequest to the Nation poster
6.5

Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.

Bequest to the Nation

1973

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill poster
8.0

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical mini-series.

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

1974

Arms and the Man poster
9.5

First produced on the London stage in 1894, "Arms and the Man" immediately established Shaw's reputation as one of the greatest wits in London drama. This beautifully remastered BBC production brings to life an uproarious comedy that still resonates in its critique of warfare and romance.

Arms and the Man

1989

The Comedy of Errors poster
6.0

Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Too bad that Ephesus has just declared war on Syracuse, and will instantly put to death any Syracusean found within their borders unless a ransome's paid. Meanwhile, the son, Antipholus, and his servant, Dromio (also an identical twin), keep running into strangers who seem to know them...

The Comedy of Errors

1983

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew poster
5.0

When Poppy Carew is faced with having to organize a funeral by herself, she finds new strength and learns much about love's true meaning. Adaptation of the novel by Mary Wesley.

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew

1995

Harnessing Peacocks poster
5.0

Sir John Mills, Peter Davison and Serena Scott Thomas star in this warm, funny and romantic story of a woman forced to make a new life for herself in a Cornish seaside town. Based on Mary Wesley’s bestselling novel, «Harnessing Peacocks» is adapted by the multi-award-winning Andrew Davies.

Harnessing Peacocks

1993

School Play poster
NR

Life in an English public school - with all the parts played by adults.

School Play

1979

Sea-Change poster
NR

An elderly man and his only son continue to interact, following the death of the son in World War 2.

Sea-Change

1976

Married 2 Malcolm poster
7.5

Malcolm tries to keep his dual lives -- and two wives -- separate, but when both of his spouses want to attend the same concert, he runs into a big problem.

Married 2 Malcolm

2000

C₂H₅OH poster
8.0

Play on the problems of alcoholism.

C₂H₅OH

1980

A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
10.0

Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1971

A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts poster
8.0

Three a.m. A crash of breaking glass ... the slow creak of a door opening ... is it a burglar? Raymond Collis finds out the hard way.

A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts

1978

A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts poster
8.0

Three a.m. A crash of breaking glass ... the slow creak of a door opening ... is it a burglar? Raymond Collis finds out the hard way.

A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts

1978

Secrets poster
6.4

Secrets Chocolates receive an unexpected sales boost when three maintenance workers fall into the chocolate vat and are fed through the production line.

Secrets

1973

Mrs. Silly poster
10.0

Mrs. Silly, a woman who has lost her husband to another, is now about to lose her son to an expensive boarding school, compliments of her ex's money. Confronted with these losses, Mrs. Silly realizes she must regain her identity. Desperately trying to keep up appearances, to be cheerful, busy, and dignified, she only succeeds in living up to the derisive nickname she invented for herself.

Mrs. Silly

1983

Unity poster
9.0

The true story of Unity Mitford who in the 1930s went to live in Germany and was friends with Adolf Hitler.

Unity

1981

The Ambassadors poster
7.0

Dramatisation of Henry James's novel. Lambert Strether comes to Europe on a difficult and delicate mission. A chance meeting on arrival with the engaging Maria Gostrey provides him with much-needed support.

The Ambassadors

1977

No artwork available
7.0

Lambert Strether goes to France to rescue a young American from a European adventuress - only to fall under the spell of Europe himself. 1965 BBC adaptation of the Henry James novel.

The Ambassadors

1965

Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery poster
4.7

While Holmes is away recuperating, Watson is left to help a damsel in distress.

Dr. Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery

1974

Ice Age poster
NR

' You should have thrown the hand-grenade.' ' I've still got it!' An unexpected stranger arrives at the old people's home in Norway where a famous writer is kept in confinement after the war. Should he be brought to trial for collaborating with the Nazis? Or will the young partisan carry through his original plan to kill him?

Ice Age

1978

The Piano poster
9.0

Play about an elderly couple who don't want to be moved from the house in which they have lived all their lives, but may be forced to as they live in a designated redevelopment area. The major point as far as they're concerned is that their piano won't fit in one of the new council places they have been offered.

The Piano

1971

Caesar and Cleopatra poster
8.0

Adaptation of the play by Bernard Shaw.

Caesar and Cleopatra

1976

No artwork available
8.0

An elderly couple are reunited after fifty years.

The Kingfisher

1983