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Brian Percival

Film director, television director
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Summary

Brian Percival is a human[1]. His place of birth was Liverpool[2]. He was born on January 1, 1962[3]. He worked as a film director[4], television director[5], and director[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month, #7,267 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Brian Percival's place of birth was Liverpool[2].
  • Brian Percival was born on January 1, 1962[3].
  • Brian Percival was born on May 1962[8].
  • Brian Percival held citizenship in United Kingdom[9].
  • Brian Percival worked as a film director[4].
  • Brian Percival's professions included television director[5].
  • Brian Percival's professions included director[6].
  • Brian Percival's field of work was film[10].
  • Brian Percival received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special[11].
  • Brian Percival is recorded as male[12].
  • Brian Percival's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Brian Percival's Commons category is recorded as Brian Percival[14].
  • Brian Percival's family name is recorded as Percival[15].
  • Brian Percival's given name is recorded as Brian[16].
  • Brian Percival's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[17].
  • Brian Percival's related category is recorded as Category:Films directed by Brian Percival[18].
  • Brian Percival's P14750 is recorded as C7BA-BE31-94EE-DFDB-CF68[19].

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Origins and Family

Brian Percival's place of birth was Liverpool[2]. Recorded date of birth include January 1, 1962[3] and May 1962[8].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include film director[4], television director[5], and director[6]. Brian Percival's field of work was film[10].

Recognition

Brian Percival received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special[11].

Why It Matters

Brian Percival ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month, #7,267 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] He is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

FAQs

Where was Brian Percival born?

Brian Percival was born in Liverpool[2].

What did Brian Percival do for work?

Brian Percival worked as film director[4], television director[5], and director[6].

What awards did Brian Percival receive?

Honors received include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special[11].

Related Entities

Downton Abbey film Liverpool United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'ru']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57985|batch #57985]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 2/3"
  2. 29d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → C7BA-BE31-94EE-DFDB-CF68
    Kinobaza person id → brian-percival
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Kinobaza person id: brian-percival, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273862|batch #273862]]"
  3. 18w ago · NeverDoING · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Award received: Primetime Emmy Award"
  4. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Liverpool
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Occupation → —
    Instance of → human
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32083|batch #32083]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (25)"
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