Researching Dirk Maggs
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2007 people with the Maggs surname? In that year Maggs was ranked number 1829 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Dirk means "form of DEREK: ruler" and is of Dutch origin.
Records of Dirk Maggs on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Dirk Maggs and the Maggs Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 2691 people with the Maggs surname in the UK? Maggs is now ranked number 1964 for popularity in the UK. |
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Dirk Maggs
David George Dirk Maggs (born February 1955) is a British freelance writer and director. During his career as a Senior Producer in BBC Radio he made radio drama in the form of "Audio Movies," using a cinematic-sounding approach combining filmic story construction, layered sound effects, cinematic music and digital technology. Maggs pioneered the use of Dolby Surround in BBC Radio and was among the first nominees for the Directors Guild of Great Britain Outstanding Achievement in Radio Award.
Maggs studied Drama for a BEd degree from 1974-78 at King Alfred's College, Winchester, which gained university status in 2005, when he was invited to become one of the first Honorary Fellows of the University of Winchester for his work in the Dramatic Arts. In 2019 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for his work in the Arts by Bournemouth University. In December 2021 Maggs was on a team representing the University of Winchester in BBC TV's Christmas University Challenge.
In 1992 Douglas Adams approached BBC Radio Light Entertainment to ask if Maggs would collaborate on bringing Adams's science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "back home to BBC Radio", as Adams put it. Contractual issues delayed the production and was not until 2003 to 2005 that Maggs adapted, produced and directed new episodes from Adams's last three novels which were based on the premise of the original radio series that Adams wrote.
In the early 90s Maggs was introduced to Neil Gaiman by a mutual friend, Phyllis Hume, of DC Comics International Business Affairs. For nearly three decades Maggs and Gaiman looked for a way to turn Gaiman's The Sandman comic book series into audio drama. With combined support from Audible (service) and DC Comics the project finally got under way in 2019 and "The Sandman Act I" was released in July 2020, spending two months at #1 in The New York Times Best Seller list.
Maggs has directed many well-known actors in productions, including James McAvoy, Bill Nighy, Kat Dennings, Miriam Margolyes, Michael Sheen Tom Hollander, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rowan Atkinson, Leslie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Stephen Fry, Jonathan Pryce, Hugh Laurie, Juliet Stevenson, Jim Broadbent, Patricia Hodge, Alison Steadman, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan.
Maggs is married to Lesley Maggs, née Snow, whom he met in 1978 when they were Studio Managers in BBC World Service. They have three adult sons.
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