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David Lawrence Tringham (born 13 March 1935 – 30 November 2022) was a British
film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
, known in particular for '' Lawrence of Arabia'', '' Ryan's Daughter'', ''
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'' and '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves''.


Life

David Tringham was born in London, the son of George William Tringham of Grasse, France and Madeleine Joyce (née de Courcy). He was educated at Bedford Modern School. Tringham entered the film industry in 1955 under
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at Ealing Studios. As a first assistant director he has worked alongside, among others, Sir David Lean CBE,
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, Richard Lester,
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, Don Siegel and John Schlesinger. One of his early roles was on the set of '' Lawrence of Arabia'' and his work has encompassed such films as '' Ryan's Daughter'', ''
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'', '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' and '' Incognito''. Tringham has been the writer of numerous screenplays, and was the director and adaptor of the film, ''The Last Chapter''. During his career, Tringham worked with some of the world's best known film directors, actors and actresses.) On 24 October 1961, Tringham married Annette Alberte, the daughter of Raymond Andre Schmitt of Paris. They had two daughters: Andréa Fréderique, born 18 March 1966, and Gaia Frances, born 3 April 1970. Tringham died on 30 November 2022.


Filmography

* 2000 Bedazzled – Assistant Director (London Crew, 1st) * 1999 The Mummy – Assistant Director * 1997 Incognito – Assistant Director (1st) * 1996 Mary Reilly – Assistant Director * 1996
101 Dalmatians 101 Dalmatians may refer to: * ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1956 novel written by Dodie Smith * 101 Dalmatians (franchise), a Disney film franchise based on the novel ** ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1961 animated film based on the ...
– Assistant Director (1st) * 1995 White Squall – 2nd Unit Director * 1993
A Foreign Field ''A Foreign Field'' is a 1993 British made-for-television drama film about British and American Second World War veterans returning to the beaches of Normandy as old men. It is more a drama than a comedy, although it combines aspects of both. It ...
– Assistant Director * 1993 The Innocent – 1st Assistant Director * 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – Assistant Director (1st) * 1990 The Russia House – Assistant Director * 1989 Henry V – Assistant Director * 1989 Slipstream – 1st Assistant Director * 1989 A Little Touch of Harry: The Making of Henry V – interviewee * 1988 Mario Puzo's the Fortunate Pilgrim – 2nd Unit Director * 1988 Hawks – Assistant Director * 1988 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Assistant Director * 1986 Duet for One – Assistant Director * 1986
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– Assistant Director * 1986 Dream Lover – Assistant Director * 1986
Little Shop of Horrors Little Shop of Horrors may refer to: * '' The Little Shop of Horrors'', a 1960 film directed by Roger Corman ** ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (musical), a 1982 musical based on the 1960 film ** ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (film), a 1986 film adaptat ...
– 1st Assistant Director (Additional Shooting) * 1986 Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story – 1st Assistant Director * 1985
Plenty Plenty may refer to: Places * Plenty, Victoria, a town in Australia * Plenty River (Victoria), a river in the Australian state of Victoria *Plenty River (Northern Territory), a river in the Northern Territory of Australia * Plenty, Tasmania, a sma ...
– 1st Assistant Director * 1985 13 at Dinner – 1st Assistant Director * 1984 The Bounty – Assistant Director * 1984 Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence – Assistant Director * 1984 The First Olympics: Athens 1896 – 1st Assistant Director * 1983 The Hunger – Assistant Director * 1982
Ivanhoe ''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' () by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting st ...
– 2nd Unit Director * 1982
Witness for the Prosecution In law, a witness is someone who has knowledge about a matter, whether they have sensed it or are testifying on another witnesses' behalf. In law a witness is someone who, either voluntarily or under compulsion, provides testimonial evidence, e ...
– Assistant Director * 1982 The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy – 1st Assistant Director * 1981 An American Werewolf in London – 1st Assistant Director * 1981 Outland – 1st Assistant Director * 1980 The Biggest Bank Robbery – Assistant Director * 1980 Rough Cut – Assistant Director * 1979 Hanover Street – Assistant Director * 1979 Cuba – Assistant Director * 1978 Harold Robbins' "The Pirate" – 1st Assistant Director (2nd Unit Locations) * 1977
Equus Equus may refer to: * ''Equus'' (genus), a genus of animals including horses, donkeys and zebras * ''Equus'' (play), a play by Peter Shaffer * ''Equus'' (film), a film adaptation of the Peter Shaffer play * Equus (comics), a comic book characte ...
– Assistant Director * 1977 The Man in the Iron Mask – Art Director * 1977
Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...
– Assistant Director * 1976 Beauty and the Beast – 2nd unit director/assistant director * 1976 Voyage of the Damned – Assistant Director * 1975 Russian Roulette – Assistant Director * 1974 The Last Chapter – Director and Screenplay * 1974
Great Expectations ''Great Expectations'' is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (Great Expectations), Pip (the book is a ''bildungsroman''; a coming-of-age story). It ...
– Assistant Director * 1974 Cat and Mouse – Assistant Director * 1974 The Great Gatsby – Assistant Director * 1974 Juggernaut – 1st Assistant Director * 1973 SI PUO ESSERE PIÙ BASTARDI DELL'ISPETTORE CLIFF? – Assistant Director * 1973 Lady Caroline Lamb – 1st Assistant Director * 1972 Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter – Assistant Director * 1972 Pope Joan – Assistant Director * 1971 Nobody Ordered Love – Associate Producer and Assistant Director * 1971 Mr. Forbush and the Penguins – Assistant Director * 1971
I Want What I Want ''I Want What I Want'' by Geoff Brown was first published in 1966 by Great Britain's Weidenfeld & Nicolson. It was made into a film by the same title starring Anne Heywood Anne Heywood (born 11 December 1931) is a British retired film a ...
– Assistant Director * 1971 The Playroom – 1st Assistant Director * 1970 There's a Girl in My Soup – Assistant to the Director * 1970 Figures in a Landscape – Assistant Director * 1970 Ryan's Daughter – Assistant Director (Replacement) * 1969 The Looking Glass War – Assistant Director * 1968 The Magus – Assistant Director * 1968 The Best House in London – Assistant Director * 1968 How to Steal the World – Assistant Director * 1968
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– 1st Assistant Director UK Locations * 1967 Fathom – Assistant Director * 1967 Pretty Polly – Assistant Director * 1967
Slave Girls ''Prehistoric Women'' (originally released as ''Slave Girls'' in the U.K.) is a 1967 British fantasy adventure film in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope. The film stars Martine Beswick as the main antagonist and stage actor Michael Latimer. Steven ...
– Assistant Director * 1966 The Witches – Assistant Director * 1966 Maroc 7 – Assistant Director * 1966 The Trap – Assistant Director * 1965 Four in the Morning – Production Manager * 1965
Gonks Go Beat ''Gonks Go Beat'' is a 1964 British science fiction/musical fantasy film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis. It stars Kenneth Connor and Frank Thornton. ''Gonks Go Beat'' is loosely based on the ''Romeo and Juliet'' storyline and features 16 mu ...
– Assistant Director * 1965 Catch Us If You Can – Assistant Director * 1965
Sky West and Crooked ''Sky West and Crooked'' (known in the United States as ''Gypsy Girl'') is a 1966 British romantic drama film starring Hayley Mills. The film was directed by her father, John Mills, and was co-written by her mother, Mary Hayley Bell. The tit ...
– Assistant Director * 1965
City Under the Sea ''City Under the Sea'' (released as ''War-Gods of the Deep'' in the US) is a 1965 British-American adventure horror science fiction film. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur (his final film) and starred Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, Susan Hart a ...
– Assistant Director * 1964 Stop-over Forever – 1st Assistant Director * 1964 The Tomb of Ligeia – 1st Assistant Director * 1964 Value Analysis – 1st Assistant Director * 1964 Valley of the Kings – 1st Assistant Director * 1963 Walk a Tightrope – Assistant Director * 1963 The Six-sided Triangle – Assistant Director * 1963 Impact – Assistant Director * 1963 Clash by Night – First Assistant Director * 1962 Master Spy – Assistant Director (1st) * 1962 Lawrence of Arabia – Assistant Director (2nd); 1st Assistant Director, UK Locations * 1961 Follow That Man! – Assistant Director * 1961 The Third Alibi – First Assistant Director * 1960 Watch Your Stern – Assistant Director (2nd) * 1960 Light up the Sky! – 2nd Assistant Director * 1960 Circle of Deception – 2nd Assistant Director * 1960 Beyond the Curtain – 2nd Assistant Director * 1959
Carry On Teacher ''Carry On Teacher'' is a 1959 British comedy film, the third in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). It was released at the Plaza Cinema in London on 3 September 1959. It features Ted Ray in his only ''Carry On'' role, alongsi ...
– 2nd Assistant Director * 1959 OMBRE BIANCHE – 2nd Assistant Director * 1959
Shake Hands with the Devil ''Shake Hands with the Devil'' may refer to: * ''Shake Hands with the Devil'' (1959 film), American drama set in 1921 Ireland * ''Shake Hands with the Devil'' (album), Kris Kristofferson 1979 release on Monument Records * ''Shake Hands with the ...
– 2nd Assistant Director * 1958 A Night to Remember – Assistant Director (2nd) * 1958 Carry On Sergeant – 2nd Assistant Director * 1958 A Tale of Two Cities – 2nd Assistant Director (UK and Studio); 3rd Assistant Director (Location) * 1958 Bachelor of Hearts – 2nd Assistant Director * 1957 A King in New York – 3rd Assistant Director * 1957 The Truth About Women – 3rd Assistant Director * 1957 No Time for Tears – 3rd Assistant Director * 1957 Ill Met by Moonlight – 3rd Assistant Director * 1957 The Prince and the Showgirl – Additional Assistant Direction * 1956 The Green Man – 3rd Assistant Director * 1956 The Long Arm – 3rd Assistant Director * 1956 The Feminine Touch – 3rd Assistant Director * 1956 Who Done It? – 3rd Assistant Director


References


External links


David Tringham at the British Film InstituteInternet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tringham, David 1935 births 2022 deaths English film directors People educated at Bedford Modern School Film people from London