Biography
David Andrews (22 October 1935 – January 2026) was a British television director, actor and writer. He began his career as an actor in the late 1950s, appearing in television, film and on the West End stage, before training as a director on the BBC's television directors’ course in the early 1970s.
His directing credits include work for Scottish Television, where he directed numerous episodes of Take the High Road and other dramas such as Stookie. After leaving STV in 1990 he worked freelance on series including Jupiter Moon, Grange Hill, EastEnders (1991) and Strathblair. From 1996 he joined Mersey Television, directing over 100 episodes of Hollyoaks and episodes of Brookside and Grange Hill.
