Lawrence Gordon Clark
June 15, 1938 · 88 years old
Lawrence Gordon Clark (born 15 June 1938) is an English television director and producer. He is best known for "A Ghost Story for Christmas", which was a series of telefilm adaptations of (mostly) M.R. James ghost stories, broadcast annually by the BBC throughout the 1970s.
Known For
3 titles
A Warning to the Curious
An archaeologist goes treasure hunting along the English coast in search of a lost, fabled crown that supposedly helps protect Great Britain against invasion, but uncovers something much more sinister.
Lost Hearts
A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.
The Stalls of Barchester
While cataloging the library of Barchester Cathedral, a scholar finds a diary detailing the events surrounding the mysterious death of an Archdeacon some 50 years earlier. The first of the BBC's famed 'A Ghost Story for Christmas'.