Craig Viveiros

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Craig Viveiros is a British/Portuguese television and film director, whose notable credits include the BBC's 2015 adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, serial killer drama Rillington Place,{{cite web | url=https://www.popmatters.com/brillington-place-condemns-patriarchy-2532811111.html | title=Serial Killer Drama 'Rillington Place' Condemns Midcentury English Patriarchy| date=2018-02-14}} and Mammoth Screen's adaptation of The War of the Worlds.{{cite web | url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/eleanor-tomlinson-and-rafe-spall-begin-filming-war-of-the-worlds-series-836022.html | title=Eleanor Tomlinson and Rafe Spall begin filming War of the Worlds series| date=2018-04-05}}

Initially a camera operator on several films, Craig has gone on to direct for the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, as well as directing two feature films, The Liability and Ghosted.

In 2016, Craig was nominated for Best Director at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Craft and Design Awards for his work on And Then There Were None.{{cite web | url=https://rts.org.uk/article/nominations-rts-craft-design-awards-2016-announced | title=Nominations for RTS Craft & Design Awards 2016 announced| date=November 2016}} His 2012 feature film, The Liability, was nominated for Best Feature Film at Torino Film Festival.{{cite web | url=https://www.torinofilmfest.org/en/film/10570/the-liability.html | title=The Liability}}{{cite web | url=https://www.screendaily.com/festivals/quartet-ginger-and-rosa-to-bookend-torino-film-festival/5048804.article | title=Quartet, Ginger & Rosa to bookend Torino Film Festival}} His 2011 feature film, Ghosted, won Best Director{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1628039/awards?ref_=tt_awd | title=Ghosted| website=IMDb}}{{better source needed|date=September 2019}} at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, and the film was nominated for Best Feature Film at the Torino Film Festival,{{cite web | url=https://www.torinofilmfest.org/film/9176/ghosted.html | title=Ghosted}}{{cite web | url=https://www.indie-eye.it/cinema/recensioni/torino-film-festival-29-concorso-ghosted-di-craig-viveiros-uk-2011.html | title=Ghosted di Craig Viveiros – Torino film Festival 29 – Concorso| date=2011-12-14}} with lead actor, Martin Compston, winning Best Actor.{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/turin-film-festival-winners-269333 | title=Quirky Icelandic Comedy Takes Turin Film Festival's Top Prize| website=The Hollywood Reporter| date=3 December 2011}}