Peter Hopkinson
Peter Richard Gunton Hopkinson (1920–2007) was a British film-maker and director. A Second World War combat cameraman, and documentary director, reporter and writer, he also worked at Denham Studios in the heyday of Cinema of the United Kingdom, British cinema. He was a member of The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). Peter Hopkinson died on 28 June 2007, aged 87. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and two stepsons. Early life Born in Ealing in 1920, Hopkinson went straight from Lower School at Harrow School, Harrow to the film studies to work as a clapper boy at age 16. He had been fascinated by film-making ever since he got a silent 35mm Movie projector, projector at an early age. He got a job as a clapper boy on George Formby, Jr., George Formby comedies. On leaving Ealing, Hopkinson worked as a camera assistant at Alexander Korda's Denham Studios, built on a site near the village of Denham, Buckinghamshire, Denham, Buckinghamshire. Care ...
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