---
name: "David Leland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-leland"
fi1m_id: "david-leland"
imdb_id: "nm0500896"
tmdb_id: 33317
wikidata_id: "Q325805"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "20 April 1947"
died: "24 December 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:04:16.814612+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Leland

## Identity

David Leland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-leland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-leland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0500896
- **TMDB ID:** 33317
- **Wikidata ID:** Q325805
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500896/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33317

Writer and director. Born 20 April 1947 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. Died 24 December 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 20 April 1947, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 24 December 2023
- **Active:** 1970–2001
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 acting, 1 directing, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Richard Loncraine](https://film.one/person/richard-loncraine.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 73 (3), 2000s 89 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Leland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500896/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33317

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Band of Brothers*](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md) (89), [*Mona Lisa*](https://film.one/film/mona-lisa.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (2)

- *The Missionary* (1982), Fi1m 57, as Long Haired Man at Gin Palace — [page](https://film.one/film/the-missionary.md)
- *Time Bandits* (1981), Fi1m 80, as Puppeteer — [page](https://film.one/film/time-bandits.md)

### Directed (1)

- *Band of Brothers* (2001), Fi1m 89, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Mona Lisa* (1986), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/mona-lisa.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Borgias* (2011), series, Director, Writer
- *Victoria Wood: Seen on TV* (2009), Actor
- *Virgin Territory* (2007), Director, Writer
- *Concert for George* (2003), Producer, Director
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades* (2000), as Costume Designer
- *The White River Kid* (1999), as Socrates Storekeeper · Screenplay
- *The Land Girls* (1998), Director, Writer
- *When Saturday Comes* (1996), as Priest
- *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, as Costume Designer
- *The Big Man* (1990), Director
- *Checking Out* (1988), Director
- *Wish You Were Here* (1987), Director, Writer
- *Personal Services* (1987), as Mr. Pilkington / Danielle · Writer
- *Mona Lisa* (1986), Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mona-lisa.md)
- *Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain* (1985), as Driver · Writer
- *Made in Britain* (1983), Screenplay
- *R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only* (1983), Writer
- *Flying Into the Wind* (1983), Writer
- *Birth of a Nation* (1983), Writer
- *Tales Out of School* (1983), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Missionary* (1982), as Long Haired Man at Gin Palace — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-missionary.md)
- *Psy-Warriors* (1981), Writer
- *Time Bandits* (1981), as Puppeteer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/time-bandits.md)
- *Beloved Enemy* (1981), Screenplay
- *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (1981), series, as Majikthise
- *Golden Gordon* (1979), as Football Manager
- *Target* (1977), series, as Murray
- *The Love-Girl and the Innocent* (1973), as Nemov
- *Gawain and the Green Knight* (1973), as Humphrey
- *The Pied Piper* (1972), as Officer
- *Van der Valk* (1972), series, as Madame Arthur
- *One Brief Summer* (1971), Actor
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1971), series, as David Gamut
- *Scars of Dracula* (1970), as First Officer
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer
- *Julius Caesar* (1970), as Plebian
- *1917* (1970), as Felix, the Cook
- *Big Breadwinner Hog* (1969), series, as Grange
- *Callan* (1967), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md)
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1964), series, Actor
- *Running Wild*, Screenplay

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2002: Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special (won), for *Band of Brothers*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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