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Anthony Wall (born 1951) is a British documentary filmmaker whose lifelong contribution to cinema has been honoured with the Special Medallion of the Telluride film festival. He was the longest-serving Series Editor of the

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's flagship arts documentary strand ''

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'' magazine as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time.

Early life

Anthony Wall was born in Hackney, East London, in 1951, and grew up in

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. He attended a Catholic grammar school before studying English at

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. In 1974 he joined BBC Radio as a trainee studio manager. That same year he joined the ''

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'' as its first rock critic. Wall moved across to television production in 1978, working in the Music and Arts (Television) department of the BBC under its head

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was in charge of its Theatre and Art & Design strands. This was soon consolidated into a series of single films, moving away from the magazine format. Wall was instrumental in this shift, forming the core team with directors

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and Nigel Williams, together developing a more discursive and playful approach to art documentary. With Finch as director, Wall co-devised the landmark films ''My Way'', ''Chelsea Hotel'' and ''The Private Life of the Ford Cortina''. As an emerging director on the series, Wall profiled Luck and Flaw,

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. In 1985, Wall was appointed joint series editor alongside Finch, replacing Yentob who had been promoted to Head of Music and Arts. Together they pioneered the themed evening, beginning with ''Blues Night'' (1985), followed by ''Caribbean Nights'' (1986), ''Animal Night'' (1989), ''Food Night'' (1990) and the immersive Wall-directed ''Texas Saturday Night'' (1991). With ''Radio Night'' (1993) they took over both BBC Two and

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. A sister series ''Rhythms of the World'' (1988–93) was added to Finch and Wall's roster, reflecting the abundance of extra material shot for ''Arena''s world music films. It was also a strand for original work, with many of its 69 films being new commissions. When Finch died in 1995, Wall continued as series editor for a further 23 years. In place of a weekly slot ''Arena'' had now entered a new era of occasional "specials" in the schedules, and would grow to enjoy a major presence on the international documentary stage. High-profile collaborations with

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were broadcast in this period. Since 2015, Wall has developed ''Night and Day'', also known as The Arena Time Machine, an ongoing art project with film editor/director Emma Matthews. It is a series of films made entirely from the ''Arena'' archive that simply present the day and night as they proceed, each one in exact synchronicity with the date and time of the screening. They vary in length from eight to 24 hours, and have appeared in Cambridge, Brighton, New York, San Francisco, Telluride, Ireland, Sheffield and London. Wall stepped down as series editor in 2018. He was succeeded by Mark Bell as commissioning editor.

Awards

Wall has personally been awarded three Bafta awards, three

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, and the Special Medallion of the

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. He also accepted the Mel Novikoff Award at the

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2019 on behalf of ''

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Selected filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wall, Anthony Living people BAFTA winners (people) Emmy Award winners English television editors British television producers Date of birth missing (living people) People from Hackney Central BBC people Alumni of King's College, Cambridge 1951 births