Alan James Gwynne Cellan Jones (13 July 1931 – 30 August 2019) was a British television and film director.
Two of his most ambitious and successful directorial adaptations were the miniseries The Forsyte Saga (1967), which became a national and international hit,[1] and Fortunes of War (1987); and he was also known for his award-winning productions of Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974) and Harnessing Peacocks (1993).
James Cellan Jones was born in 1931 in Swansea, Wales, the son of surgeon Cecil Cellan-Jones and his wife Lavinia (née Dailey).
[1] From a family of physicians,[2] he studied natural sciences at St John's College, Cambridge, where he received his BA in 1952, later raised to an MA in 1978.
[3] Cellan Jones's true interest was acting and directing rather than medicine, however,[1][2] and he began working at BBC Television in 1955 as a callboy, and rose steadily to become a production manager.