Acclaimed director Stephen Daldry has been ordered by a court to pay out more than £2,000 after he was caught speeding in a 20mph zone in London.
The 64-year-old admitted being at the wheel of a Volkswagen Golf which was captured on a speed camera in Hackney on New Year’s Day.
Daldry’s car was travelling along Homerton Road on the edge of Hackney Marshes at 36mph when the offence took place.
He was prosecuted behind closed doors in the Single Justice Procedure last month, and was ordered to pay a £1538 fine, £100 in costs, and a £615 victim surcharge.
Legal experts have told the Standard that the fine imposed by the magistrate - who sitting alone and supported by a legally trained adviser - is above the maximum penalty allowed for speeding on roads other than motorways.
Daldry was a producer and director on episodes of The Crown, and created hit films including Billy Elliot, The Hours, and The Reader.
He has scooped BAFTA, Emmy, and Tony awards for his work on stage and screen, and was awarded a CBE in 2004 for services to drama.
Daldry was prosecuted by the Metropolitan Police, and admitted being the driver responsible in writing on January 30.
He entered a guilty plea in writing to the speeding charge, and was sentenced without an open court hearing on July 19 at Willesden magistrates court.
Daldry was handed six penalty points for his driving licence, and was ordered by magistrate Anthony Wilkinson to pay the fine and court fees totalling £2,253 by mid-August.
The stretch of Homerton Road where the director was caught out is the exact same spot where Mission Impossible star Simon Pegg was speeding in October last year.
Pegg, who was also recorded by the camera at 36mph, was banned from driving for a year due to previous offences on his licence.
He was also ordered to pay a £665 fine, plus £90 costs and a £266 victim surcharge.
