Daniel Percival(I)
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Daniel Percival is a BAFTA award winning independent writer/director of
film and television. Having originally trained a a film editor Percival
started directing documentaries for the BBC in the mid 1990's. In 2001
Percival wrote and directed the groundbreaking docu-drama Smallpox
2002, a feature length fictional documentary tracing the events of a
bio terrorist attack in New York. The film garnered international
acclaim and caused much controversy, owning the uncompromising subject
matter and unique film making techniques it employed. Percival followed
this film with his first television movie, Dirty War, for HBO and BBC
films. Based on two years of detailed journalistic research, Dirty War
tells the fictional story of a Dirty Bomb terror attack in the heart of
London. Dirty War awarded Percival with the prestigious BAFTA for best
New Drama Director. Since then Percival has written and directed
numerous original TV series,including the Golden Globe nominated State
Within (with Sharon Gless and Jason Isaacs), the RTS nominated and
Edgar winning Place of Execution (with Juliette Stevenson), and the
action adventure series Strike Back (starring Richard Armitage, Jodhie
May, Philip Winchester, Andrew Lincoln and Sullivan Stapleton).
Percival also co executive produced the second season of Strike Back
for Sky and HBO/Cinemax. Percival is developing a feature film and
several original TV series for US and UK networks.
