A gifted talent who was directing TV's "Coronation Street" (1972) by his early twenties and gained international recognition for his work on the much-praised, 11-part "Brideshead Revisited" (1981), Sturridge has made four assured forays into feature films, including the lyrically sculpted black-and-white segment, "La Forza del Destino" from "Aria" (1986). With a particular affinity for handsomely executed period films and rich literary adaptations, he filmed another Evelyn Waugh novel, "A Handful of Dust" (1988) and the lushly beautiful and brilliantly acted film version of E. M. Forster's
Television work for Granada includes "World in Action", "Strangers", "Brideshead Revisited", and some episodes of "Coronation Street", the longest running show in British TV history
Directed "Soft Targets" for the BBC
Directed "Runners" for Goldcrest
1982
Directed "A Short Short--The Storyteller" for Jim Henson Productions
Stage work included adaptation and direction of "The Seagull" and translation of "Uncle Vanya"
