Sandy Johnson
Biography
Sandy Johnson is a Scottish director who has directed episodes of The Comic Strip Presents, Inspector Morse, A Touch of Frost, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Jonathan Creek, and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
His first full-length film was Coast to Coast (1987) written by Stan Hey and starring John Shea, Lenny Henry, and Pete Postlethwaite. In Scotland, he directed Leaving (1988), The Gift (1989), and The Wreck on the Highway (1990) starring Lynn Anderson
In 2001 he directed Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years starring Stephen Mangan and Alison Steadman, written by Sue Townsend.
In 2008 he directed Love Soup, written by David Renwick and starring Tamsin Greig, and Series 2–7 of Benidorm (29 episodes from 2008 to 2015) written by Derren Litten.
In 2013 he directed Big Bad World for Comedy Central starring Blake Harrison, Rebecca Humphries, Seann Walsh, and David Fynn, and The Spa written by Derren Litten, starring Rebecca Front.
In 2015 he directed the 8-part series Cradle to Grave written by Danny Baker and Jeff Pope, starring Peter Kay, Lucy Speed, and Laurie Kynaston.
