Award-winning film director David Leland gave stars including Pierce Brosnan and Tim Roth their starts.
Award-winning film director David Leland, who helmed an Emmy-winning episode of HBO’s “Band of Brothers,” and worked with A-listers including Pierce Brosnan, Tim Roth and George Harrison, has died at the age of 82.
He passed away Christmas Eve surrounded by his family.
British-born Leland also worked with “Monty Python” stars Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam and co-wrote the Oscar-nominated 1986 movie “Mona Lisa” with Neil Jordan.
He was also an actor and trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama before co-founding the Drama Centre London and stage-managing the Crucible Theatre.
