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The British Entertainment History Project
The British Entertainment History Project (BEHP) records and preserves interviews with the men and women who have worked in British film, television, radio and theatre industries over the last 100 years "to ensure that their lives and experiences are preserved for future generations". History Founded in 1987 by Roy Fowler, the History Project started as an independent volunteer project by members of the industry trade union, ACTT, who wanted to preserve the stories and memories of the lives of the men and women who had been working in the various film and television industries. The organisation was originally called the ''ACTT History Project'', reflecting the fact that though it was an entirely separate project run by volunteers, it was nevertheless supported by the ACTT union. In 1991, the ACTT merged with the Broadcasting and Entertainment Trades Alliance, to form BECTU (Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union) and the ACTT History Project became known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Cinematograph, Television And Allied Technicians
The Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians (ACTT) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1933 and 1991. History The union was founded by technicians at the Gaumont British Studios in 1933 as the Association of Cine-Technicians, later becoming the Association of Cinematograph Technicians (ACT). By the following year, it was struggling; it had just 88 members, with only a quarter of those paid up, and it was in financial difficulties. George Elvin was appointed as its first General Secretary the following year, establishing a journal and an employment exchange. Within a year, membership was over 600 and the finances were in good shape."Obituary: Mr George Elvin", ''The Times'', 16 February 1984 In 1936, the union affiliated to the Trades Union Congress. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Young
Frederick A. Young (9 October 1902 – 1 December 1998) was a British cinematographer. He is probably best known for his work on David Lean's films ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962), ''Doctor Zhivago'' (1965) and ''Ryan's Daughter'' (1970), all three of which won him Academy Awards for Best Cinematography. He was often credited as F. A. Young. He was also director of photography on more than 130 films, including many other notable productions, such as ''Goodbye, Mr Chips'' (1939), '' 49th Parallel'' (1941), '' Lust for Life'' (1956), ''The Inn of the Sixth Happiness'' (1958), ''Lord Jim'' (1965), ''Battle of Britain'' (1969), ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' (1971), and the James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice'' (1967). He was also the first British cinematographer to film in CinemaScope. Young co-wrote ''The Work of the Motion Picture Cameraman'' with Paul Petzold, published in 1972 (Focal Press, London). Young served as a captain and chief cameraman of the British Army's Kinematog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliot (author)
Huzaifa Herbert Elliot (4 July 1918 – 14 August 1997) was a British novelist, screenwriter, director, and television producer active from 1954 until around 1993. Between 1954 and 1960, he scripted a succession of one-off television plays including ''War in the Air'' and ''A Man from the Sun''. The latter was a pioneering work aimed at a West Indian audience. In 1961 he joined with astronomer Fred Hoyle to write another ground-breaking TV science fiction serial '' A for Andromeda''. The success of ''A For Andromeda'' prompted a sequel, ''The Andromeda Breakthrough'', in 1962. Following ''Andromeda'', Elliot wrote more one-off plays for the BBC. He resigned from the corporation in 1963, though he would later work with them again, producing a concept for the 1965 drama series ''Mogul'' (renamed ''The Troubleshooters'' from the second series), later being credited as a writer on various episodes of the show. His other works include programs such as ''Fall of Eagles ''Fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Dryhurst
Edward Dryhurst (1904–1989) was an English screenwriter, film producer and director. Selected filmography Screenwriter * ''Three Men in a Cart'' (1929) * '' Find the Lady'' (1936) * ''The End of the Road'' (1936) * ''Jennifer Hale'' (1937) * '' East of Ludgate Hill'' (1937) * '' Double Alibi'' (1937) * ''Flying Fortress'' (1942) * '' Bell Bottom George'' (1943) * ''The Man from Morocco ''The Man from Morocco'' is a 1945 British action adventure film directed by Mutz Greenbaum as Max Greene and starring Anton Walbrook, Margaretta Scott andMary Morris. The film was shot at Welwyn Studios of Associated British. Plot A group o ...'' (1945) * '' Master of Bankdam'' (1947) * '' Castle in the Air'' (1952) * '' It's Never Too Late'' (1956) * ''Stranger in Town (1957 film), Stranger in Town'' (1957) Director * ''The Woman from China'' (1930) * ''Commissionaire (film), Commissionaire'' (1933) References External links * * 1904 births 1989 deaths English film pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Donner
Clive Stanley Donner (21 January 1926 – 6 September 2010)Ronald Bergan]Obituary: Clive Donner ''The Guardian'', 7 September 2010 was a British film Film director, director who was part of the British New Wave, directing films such as ''The Caretaker (film), The Caretaker'', ''Nothing but the Best (film), Nothing but the Best'', ''What's New Pussycat?'', and ''Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (film), Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush''. He also directed television film, television movies and Television advertisement, commercials through the mid-1990s. Early career Donner was born in West Hampstead, London. His father was a concert violinist and his mother ran a dress shop; his grandparents were Polish-Jewish immigrants. Donner began his filmmaking career while attending Kilburn Polytechnic. He began working in the film industry as a cutting-room assistant at Denham Studios, having gained the job after joining his father, who was at the studio to record the soundtrack for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Dickinson
Desmond Evelyn Otho Cockburn Dickinson B.S.C. (1902–1986) was a British cinematographer. He was cinematographer on ''Such Is the Law'' (1930). He directed ''Detective Lloyd'' (1932), notable as Britain's only talkie serial. During World War II he made morale boosting documentaries. He was the cinematographer for Laurence Olivier's version of ''Hamlet'' (1948), for which Dickinson won the International Award for Best Cinematography at the 1948 Venice Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''The King's Highway'' (1927) * ''A Woman Redeemed'' (1927) * ''Carry On'' (1927) * ''The Guns of Loos'' (1928) * ''Such Is the Law'' (1930) * ''Other People's Sins'' (1931) * ''The House of Unrest'' (1931) * '' The Great Gay Road'' (1931) * '' Account Rendered'' (1932) * '' The Callbox Mystery '' (1932) *'' Threads'' (1932) * ''Here's George'' (1932) * ''Dick Turpin'' (1933) * ''Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1933) * ''Romance in Rhythm'' (1934) * ''A Real Bloke'' (1935) * ''Strictly Illegal'' (1935) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Dean
Colin Dean (1919-2007) was an Australian producer and director who worked in Australian TV in the 1950s and 1960s. He worked in the UK in the late 1940s, and returned to Australia in the 1950s. Select credits *''The Queen in Australia'' (1954) *''Lady in Danger'' (1959) *'' Stormy Petrel'' (1960) (TV series) *'' The Patriots'' (1962) (TV series) *'' The Case of Private Hamp'' (1962) *''Flowering Cherry'' (1963) *'' The Long Sunset'' (1963) *'' The Hungry Ones'' (1963) (TV series) *''The Purple Jacaranda ''The Purple Jacaranda'' was an Australian television mini-series which aired on ABC in 1964 based on a novel by Nancy Graham. Cast included James Condon, Margo Lee, Ronald Morse, Diana Perryman, Walter Sullivan and John Unicomb. It was first ...'' (1964) (TV series) References External links *Obituaryat Sydney Morning HeraldInterview with Colin Deanat ABC TV Gore HillArticle on Dean's retirementat ABC TV Gore Hill * Australian directors 1919 births 2007 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dark
John Dark (7 April 1927 – 29 June 2015) was a British film and television producer. Dark produced ''Half a Sixpence'' in 1967 and a series of Edgar Rice Burroughs films, including '' The Land That Time Forgot'' and '' At the Earth's Core'', in the 1970s. Earlier work included associate producer on the Charles K. Feldman spoofs ''What's New Pussycat?'' and '' Casino Royale''. Dark was also executive producer of the film adaptation of the Willy Russell play ''Shirley Valentine'' and of the ill-fated BBC soap opera set in Spain, ''Eldorado''. Select filmography *''Rogue's Yarn'' (1957) - assistant director *'' Sailor of Fortune'' (1958) - assistant director *''The Strange World of Planet X'' (1958) - production manager *'' Missiles from Hell'' (1958) - production manager *''A Cry from the Streets'' (1958) - production manager *''Ferry to Hong Kong'' (1959) - production manager *'' Skywatch'' (1960) - producer *'' The Wind of Change'' (1961) - producer *''The Greengage Summer' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Crichton
Charles Ainslie Crichton (6 August 1910 – 14 September 1999) was an English film director and editor. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire, he became best known for directing many comedies produced at Ealing Studios and had a 40-year career editing and directing many films and television programmes. For his final film, the acclaimed comedy '' A Fish Called Wanda'' (1988), Crichton was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (along with the film's star John Cleese). Early life and education Crichton, one of six siblings, was born on 6 August 1910 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England. He was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire, followed by New College at the University of Oxford where he read History. Career Editing In 1931, Crichton began his career in the film industry as a film editor. His first credit as editor was '' Men of Tomorrow'' (1932). He edited over fifty films, such as '' Things to Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Craigie
Jill Craigie (born Noreen Jean Craigie; 7 March 1911 – 13 December 1999) was a British documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and feminist. She was one of Britain's earliest female documentary makers. Her early films demonstrate Craigie's interest in socialist and feminist politics, but her career as a film-maker has been "somewhat eclipsed" by her marriage to the Labour Party leader Michael Foot (1913–2010), whom she met during the making of her film ''The Way We Live'' (1946). Early life Born Noreen Jean Craigie to a Russian mother and a Scottish father in Fulham, London, Craigie began her career in film as an actress. Career Craigie's engagement in feminist issues came from reading Sylvia Pankhurst's ''The Suffragette Movement'' in the early 1940s. After this she attended a gathering of former suffragettes to lay flowers on the statue of Emmeline Pankhurst. She was struck by suffragettes' story and began interviewing them and starting to lay the groundwork for a documenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Cobham
Michael David Cobham (11 May 1930 – 25 March 2018) was a British film and TV producer and director, best known for the film ''Tarka the Otter''. He was also a first-class cricketer. Cricket career Cobham was educated at Stowe School, where he played for the school cricket team, before going up to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge to read natural sciences. He played minor counties cricket for Berkshire in the 1948 Minor Counties Championship, making five appearances. He later made an appearance in first-class cricket for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1953. He bowled ten wicket-less overs in Cambridge University's first-innings, before taking the wickets of Mike Bushby and Dennis Silk in their second-innings to finish with figures of 2 for 21 from seven overs. He failed to score while batting, being dismissed in the Free Foresters' first-innings by Myles Arkell and Raman Subba Row in their second-innings. Filmmaking career Cobham directed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Bower
Dallas Bower (25 July 1907 – 18 October 1999) was a British director and producer active during the early development of mass media communication. Throughout his career Bower’s work spanned radio plays, television shows, propaganda shorts, animations and feature films, with his most notable projects consisting of Alfred Hitchcock’s first film in sound ''Blackmail'' (1929), the British Broadcasting Company’s radio play ''Julius Caesar'' (1938), the Dunkirk evacuation propaganda short ''Channel Incident'' (1940), the feature film ''Henry V'' (1944), and an Anglo-French adaptation of Lewis Carroll's children's novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' entitled ''Alice au pays des merveilles'' (1949). He later produced some of the earliest British television commercials. The majority of Bower’s work has been lost over time, due to both degradation and the purposeful melting down of the cellulose nitrate prints to extract small amounts of silver during the Second World war, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
