John Sichel

John Sichel was born on Sep 21, 1937 in France. John Sichel's big-screen debut came with Three Sisters directed by Laurence Olivier in 1970. John Sichel is known for H.M.S. Pinafore directed by Michael Heyland, John Reed stars as Sir Joseph Porter, KCB and Pamela Field as Josephine Corcoran. The upcoming new movie John Sichel plays is H.M.S. Pinafore which will be released on Nov 23, 1973.

Early in his career, John was asked by Laurence Olivier to direct the National Theatre Company in the award-winning film of Chekhov's Les trois soeurs (1970) with Olivier, Joan Plowright and Alan Bates. He then went on to direct Olivier in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1976) and Alec Guinness and Ralph Richardson in ITV Saturday Night Theatre: Twelfth Night (1970).His experience as a commissioner and director of drama and drama-documentaries enabled him to work with some of the world's finest actors including Derek Jacobi, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Connery and Michael Caine. He has also worked as a director and trainer at several of the UK's leading theatres and institutions including the Young Vic, Guildhall School of Drama, RADA, Shaw Theatre, Italia Conti, London Film School, Edinburgh Festival. For the latter part of his career he established ARTTS Skillcentre, a training facility supporting artists in employment with the film and television industry.