Peter Chelsom

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Peter Chelsom born April 20 1956 is a British actor and film director He has directed among others such films as Shall We Dance and Hannah Montana The Movie Chelsom was born in Blackpool Lancashire the son of antiques shop owners Kay and Reginald Chelsom He studied at the Central School of Drama in London He worked as an actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as taking part in numerous film and television productions including A Woman of Substance which also included Jenny Seagrove and Deborah Kerr While acting he developed a growing interest in writing and directing From 19851998 he ran the television film course at Central School of Drama and later taught at both the Actors Institute and Cornell University Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Chelsom licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia