Nigel Cole

Nigel Cole was born in Cornwall but grew up in London. He mucked about directing commercials and music videos in the eighties before getting serious in the nineties with TV drama. His work on the first series of Cold Feet led to his first film Saving Grace which won the audience award at Sundance 2000. This was followed in 2003 by Calendar Girls which won Best Film at the British Comedy Awards and Golden Globe nominations for it's stars. Taking over $100 million at the box office, it remains one of the most successful British films of all time. Nigel then made two films in the USA, A Lot like Love with Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet and Five Dollars a Day with Christopher Walken and Sharon Stone. He returned to the UK with Made In Dagenham which was nominated for Best British film at the 2010 BAFTA awards. Other films include All In Good Time and The Wedding Video. Recently he has directed a number of music documentaries including Bruce Springsteen for Channel 4 and Roy Orbison for the BBC.  He lives in Sussex with the actress Kate Isitt and their two children.