British Director Clive Donner Dies at 84

London-born Clive Donner, whose directing credits include two of the finest TV-movies ever made, has died at the age of 84.

During what some call the "Golden Age of TV-Movies and Miniseries" in the early 1980s, Donner directed THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1982) and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1984).

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL starred Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, and Ian McKellen, while A CHRISTMAS CAROL starred George C. Scott, Susannah York, David Warner, Edward Woodward, Roger Rees, and more.

Both films are available on DVD and are very much worth seeking out.

Donner also directed Scott in OLIVER TWIST (1982).