Endaf Emlyn is a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

  musician, film and television director.

Emlyn was born in Bangor, Wales

Bangor, Wales

Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...

. He began his television career as scriptwriter and presenter for HTV Wales, but had a simultaneous career as a musician. In 1983 he began to make his name as a director, with the documentary Shampw, which won the Spirit of the Festival award at the Celtic Film and Television Festival.

Recordings

• Hiraeth (1974)
• Salem (1974)
• Syrffio Mewn Cariad (1976)
• Halen Y Ddaear (1977) (with the band Injaroc)
• Dawnsionara (1981)
• Dilyn Y Graen (2003) (compilation)
• Deuwedd (2009)

Filmography

• Stormydd Awst (1988)
• Un Nos Ola Leuad (1991)
• Gadael Lenin (1992)
• Mapiwr (1995)
• Y Cloc
• Gaucho

External links

• Endaf Emlyn with Injaroc