He joined Yorkshire Television straight from Oxford and, within a year, became the youngest ever YTV programme director,[1] cutting his directorial teeth on the launch of Emmerdale (60 episodes) [2] before going on to direct 29 one-hour episodes of Whicker's World,[2] a three-part American medical series with Austin Mitchell, two European political documentaries narrated by Robert Kee and a film about Elvis fronted by David Frost; also, documentaries about Sir John Gielgud and Lord Mountbatten of Burma.

Green is now a major figure in the British and American film and television industries, having worked on motion pictures and TV projects in virtually every genre.

His movie‑directing credits include the award-winning romantic comedy and crime-drama Buster (4 awards) featuring Phil Collins and Julie Walters,[3] and the $22m action adventure Wings of the Apache[4] starring Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones and Sean Young (released in the USA as Fire Birds by Touchstone).

For television, Green has directed over 100 dramas and documentaries, including The Golden Land trilogy for BBC1, The Boy in the Bubble for ITV,[5] Wilfred and Eileen(4 eps) and East Lynne for BBC Drama, and the ITV movie 1914 All Out, which was awarded the Public Prize at the Reims Festival of Television.

The company made over two thousand hours of prime time television, including the landmark Hollywood Women series, which was the first part of a ten-season Hollywood franchise for ITV, and ten seasons of the American flagship show Bridezillas - both of which he created; also, the groundbreaking drama The Investigator for Channel 4.