Born: 17th October 1949 (as Geoffrey Paul Sax)
Episodes Broadcast: 1996

Geoffrey Sax was born in Barnet, London. He started directing in the late Seventies with comedy shows such as Canned Laughter and End Of Part One, which included a parody of Doctor Who. The Eighties saw Sax working on programmes like Spitting Image, The New Statesman and Bergerac. In the early Nineties, his credits included Lovejoy before he relocated to Hollywood. Having established himself on several TV movies, Sax was a natural candidate to direct Doctor Who (1996), the British-American co-production which attempted to resurrect the series after its cancellation in 1989. He also provided the voice of the Daleks, heard during the telefilm's opening moments. Sax had just married production assistant Karina Brewin and so it was agreed that she would join him, uncredited, in working on the project. He had previously been married to script supervisor Caroline Sax.

Sax subsequently returned to the United Kingdom, where his work after the turn of the century included episodes of Clocking Off and Tipping The Velvet. He made his movie debut with the 2005 horror White Noise starring Michael Keaton. Two more films followed in quick succession: the family adventure Stormbreaker and Frankie & Alice, for which star Halle Berry earned a Golden Globe nomination. Sax refocussed on television during the 2010s, working on programmes such as Blandings, Agatha Raisin, Endeavour and Victoria. He also made the telefilm Christopher And His Kind starring Matt Smith, who was then playing the Eleventh Doctor. Sax's career continued into the Twenties with the mini-series Us.