John Glenister

{{Short description|British television director (1932–2024)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|10|12|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|11||1932|10|12|df=yes}}

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| occupation = Television director

| spouse = {{marriage|Joan Fry Lewis|1958}}

| children = Philip Glenister
Robert Glenister

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John Glenister (12 October 1932 – November 2024) was an English television director.{{Cite web |title=John Glenister - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/john_glenister |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}} His credits included The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Emma, Rumpole of the Bailey, Play for Today, Dennis Potter's 1971 biopic of Casanova, Marie Curie, A Touch of Frost, Alan Plater's On Your Way, Riley, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and A Bit of a Do.

Glenister died in November 2024, at the age of 92.{{cite web |title=Have learned that TV Director John Glenister has died. |url=https://x.com/accordingtoJonD/status/1862937187672600855 |website=John Dear on X |access-date=1 January 2025 |date=30 November 2024}}{{cite AV media |title=Absent Friends 2024 – The 7th Dimension |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00268bt |website=BBC Sounds |archive-date=24 January 2025 |date=29 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124224616/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00268bt|url-status=dead|time=4:04}} His sons, Robert Glenister (born 1960) and Philip Glenister (born 1963), became actors.