Kevin Connor

Kevin Connor began as an assistant editor on documentaries in 1959, and graduated through sound and film editing, working on Oh What A Lovely War (1969) and Young Winston (1972). He made his directing debut on From Beyond The Grave (1973) and with producer John Dark he directed a series of low budget fantasies: The Land That Time Forgot (1975), At The Earth's Core (1976), The People That Time Forgot (1977), Warlords Of Atlantis (1978) and Arabian Adventure (1979).

He also directed episodes of The Return Of The Saint (1979) before moving to the US. He directed the film Motel Hell (1981), the TV movies Goliath Awaits (1981) and The Return Of Sherlock Holmes (1987) and the miniseries The Master Of The Game (1984), Mistral's Daughter (1984), and North And South Book 2 (1987). He also directed episodes of Moonlighting (1985).

He now concentrates on miniseries, often Biblical or Dickens adaptations, including Great Expectations (1989, with art director Keith Wilson and writer John Goldsmith), The Old Curiosity Shop (1994), Robert Ludlum's Apocalypse Watch (1997), Mary Mother Of Jesus (1999), In The Beginning (2000), Blackbeard (2006)

In 2019, Kevin Connor was interviewed about the series in the 9 minute documentary Brain Behind the Destruction, an extra on the Shout! Factory Blu-ray.