Piers Inigo Haggard, OBE (18 March 1939 – 11 January 2023) was a British director who worked in film, television, and theatre.

[5] He joined the first National Theatre company in 1963,[2][5][6] where he co-directed with John Dexter and Bill Gaskill[7] and assisted Laurence Olivier (1963 on Uncle Vanya, starring Michael Redgrave) and Franco Zeffirelli (1965 on Much Ado About Nothing, with Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens).

[3][8] In 1978, Haggard was hired by producer Kenith Trodd to direct Dennis Potter's BBC drama serial Pennies from Heaven, which received a BAFTA..[1][3] The following year, he directed the science-fiction serial Quatermass, a Euston Films production for Thames Television, which was shown on the ITV network.

[5] For television, he directed two Alan Bennett plays Marks and Rolling Home (1982), Treasure Island (1985), Dennis Potter's Visitors (1987), and Jack Rosenthal’s Eskimo Day (1996) and Cold Enough for Snow (1997).

[6] The producers of The Blood on Satan's Claw (1970) attended a screening of Wedding Night and offered the job of director to him.

[1][3] He also directed the cinema version of Quatermass (1980); Summer Story (1988); The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980), Peter Sellers' last film; and Venom (1982).

[3] Haggard's audio commentary on Venom is well known for its forthrightness, and some hilarious anecdotes on the competitive antics of stars Oliver Reed and Klaus Kinski.

[1][9] Haggard was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to film, television and theatre.