John Hay

Directing

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Hay (1964-) is an English film director who was born in Kolkata in India where his mother, Elizabeth Partridge, worked as a foreign correspondent for the News Chronicle. He returned to England and was raised in Sussex where he started making films at the age of twelve. He studied Film and Drama at the University of Reading where he was awarded a First for his quirky, comedic short about Bertrand Russell's meditative essay on a table. After leaving university, he began directing for UK television, making dramas such as Looking Back and two adaptati…