Dirk Maggs's BBC Career included stints as a producer in BBC Television and a Senior Producer in BBC Radio Light Entertainment. He has won national and international awards including Sony Awards, Talkie Awards and Audie Awards and has been nominated for many more. Dirk was also among the first ever nominees for the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement in his field.
Dirk was responsible for the hugely successful 2003-5 radio renaissance of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - its late author Douglas Adams having specifically asked Dirk to adapt, direct and produce the conclusion to the saga in its original medium.
Dirk's Television work includes Bob The Builder and The Animated Mr Bean, in Film The Magic Roundabout Movie and he has written and is co-directing the forthcoming British CGI animated feature The Kitchen Games. For BBC Radio, Dirk created epic 'audio movies' featuring Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and Judge Dredd.
Dirk has directed many outstanding artists, including Leslie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, Jonathan Pryce, Juliet Stevenson, Jim Broadbent, Maureen Lipman, Johnny Vegas, Ricky Tomlinson, Harry Enfield, Jim Carter, Steve Coogan, Alison Steadman and Spike Milligan.
Dirk has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the University of Winchester for his work in the dramatic arts and is a Guest Lecturer at the Universities of Westminster, Bournemouth and Winchester. He is also involved with creative and educational Native American projects at Native Voices at the Autry Center in Los Angeles, California and Native American Public Television in Lincoln, Nebraska.
