Simon Cellan Jones began his career as a production assistant in the mid-1980s, working on series such as
Edge of Darkness. By the late 1980s he had worked his way up to become a director, and he gained credits on some of the most acclaimed British television productions of the 1990s. These included episodes of
Cracker (1993) and
Our Friends in the North (1996). He was nominated as the Best Newcomer at the
British Academy Film Awards for his first feature film
Some Voices (2000). Other television credits have included
BBC One's
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) and
More4's
The Trial of Tony Blair (2007). ==Personal life==