Frank Alan Hoare
CBE (4 October 1894 – 23 January 1980) was an English
film producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...
known for his documentaries and work for the
Children's Film Foundation (CFF). He was chairman of the
Association of Specialised Film Producers.
Early life
Frank Hoare was born 4 October 1894 in
Cobham, Surrey.
['' International Television Almanac'', Quigley Publishing Company, London, 1974. p. 104.] At the time of the 1911 census he was living in the parish of
East Challow
East Challow is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish about west of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse, England. Historically it was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Letcombe Regis, but since 1852 East and West Challow have ...
, Wantage, in Berkshire.
Career
In 1932, Hoare was director of research for Western Electric Limited. He developed 16mm mobile film units to produce industrial and documentary films. In 1936 he was a director of Sound Services Limited, Publicity Films Limited and
Merton Park Studios Limited, being appointed managing director in 1940. He was the representative for
film production
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casti ...
on the Films Council of the
Board of Trade
The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for International Trade. Its full title is The Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of ...
and produced propaganda and training films during the Second World War.
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He was particularly known for his documentaries and work for the Children's Film Foundation. He was a member of the British Kinematograph Society and was chairman of the Association of Specialised Film Producers in which capacity he made a plea at their annual meeting in 1950 for the tax on cinema tickets to be cut to the same level as that on football match admission.
He was appointed CBE in the New Year Honours 1959. Later that year he was appointed joint managing director of Westward Television Syndicate which had been established to act as programme contractors for a new television station to established in the South-West of England. It began broadcasting in 1961. Hoare resigned in August 1963.]Mallorca
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The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...
on 23 January 1980.
Selected publications
"Production techniques in the making of educational films"
''British Kinematography
The British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society (BKSTS) is an organisation which serves the technical and craft skills of the film, sound and television industries. It was formed in 1931, originally named the British Kinematograph Society ...
'', Vol. 22, No. 6 (June 1953), pp. 176–181.
See also
* Terrick V. H. FitzHugh
References
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1894 births
English film producers
People from Cobham, Surrey
Television executives
Members of the Order of the British Empire
1980 deaths
British documentary film producers
20th-century English businesspeople