KEITH LIVINGSTONE BOAKWriter/ DirectorKeith Boak is a BAFTA and IVCA award winning Director. Keith was born in Edinburgh andgraduated in Law at the University of Bristol. He has a Masters’ degree in Law (specialization inHuman Rights) from UCLA and is a licensed US criminal defense attorney. He has worked atLos Angeles, Riverside, and Ventura...
Read MoreKEITH LIVINGSTONE BOAKWriter/ DirectorKeith Boak is a BAFTA and IVCA award winning Director. Keith was born in Edinburgh andgraduated in Law at the University of Bristol. He has a Masters’ degree in Law (specialization inHuman Rights) from UCLA and is a licensed US criminal defense attorney. He has worked atLos Angeles, Riverside, and Ventura County Public Defenders’ Offices and with the CaliforniaInnocence Project.He trained as Assistant Director at the Royal Court Theatre, Riverside Studios the RoyalNational Theatre, and Leicester Haymarket, winning a Scotsman Fringe First Award atEdinburgh for IN NOMINE PATRIS and assisting Directors including Danny Boyle, Sir RichardEyre, Dr Jonathan Miller, and Max Stafford Clark. He directed MILKWOOD BLUES' (withAllan Corduner) at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, ‘WATER MUSIC’ (with Dervla Kirwan) atthe Soho Theatre, THE TRAVELLER' (with David Threlfall), and ‘INDIGO' (with DougrayScott) at the Almeida Theatre, London.Keith studied Meisner technique with Scott Williams at Impulse Theatre, London, StrasbergMethod with Sam Rumbelow and continues to study Acting technique at the Ivana ChubbuckStudio Los Angeles. He has taught Film/TV Directing and Directing Actors at London FilmAcademy and Regents University London.FILM/TELEVISION:Keith was original pilot Director on the widely acclaimed BBC revival of the classic science-fiction series DR WHO (BAFTA best TV drama series 2005). For C4, he directed in New Yorkand London for the transatlantic series NY-LON and his first film IMPACT EARTH wasbroadcast on Discovery/ C5 in 2008.His extensive TV directing credits include VILLAGE BY THE SEA (from Anita Desai's novelset in Sri Lanka) CASE HISTORIES, SILENT WITNESS, HOTEL BABYLON, DEATH INPARADISE, NEW TRICKS, STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL, THIEFTAKERS, CITYCENTRAL, WATERLOO ROAD, LONDON'S BURNING, THE KNOCK, OUT OF THEBLUE, PIE IN THE SKY, SUNBURN, STAYING ALIVE, WOKENWELL, MERSEYBEAT,THE BILL, HOLBY CITY, CASUALTY, EASTENDERS and the single drama SUBSTANCE.He directed the documentary "RUNNING THE BULLS and the short films THESE COLOURSDON'T RUN, NIGHTCLUB, FIST OF THE DRAGONFLY, AFTER THE PARTY, THERETURN OF NEVILLE DEDD and THE LOSER.In 2012 Keith directed the cybercrime film 'COMPANIES LIKE YOURS' for The Edge PictureCompany winning the IVCA Best Director Award 2012 and 2 Gold Best Film awards at the2012 New York International Film & TV Festival.In 2014, Keith relocated to Los Angeles where he has directed several episodes of TURN:WASHINGTON'S SPIES for AMC, OUTSIDERS for WGN America, RECTIFY for SundanceChannel KRYPTON for SyFy and most recently FOR THE PEOPLE for ABC/Shondaland.For Freedom Films and the California Innocence Project, he produced and directed the short filmINNOCENCE: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS in November 2018 which supported the campaign tofree the California 12. The film focused on Kiera Newsome, wrongly imprisoned for 18 years.Kiera was granted clemency on Christmas Day 2018.
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