Maurice Hatton (22 May 1938 – 25 October 1997) was a British

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and

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 ...

. After training as a photographer, Hatton became involved in making documentary films, as a founder of Mithras Films in 1962, moving into making feature films several years later. Hatton was also on the

BFI Production Board The BFI Production Board (1964-2000) was a state-funded film production fund managed by the British Film Institute (BFI) and "explicitly charged with backing work by new and uncommercial filmmakers." Emerging from the Experimental Film Fund, the BFI ...

. Hatton died in 1997 after a heart attack.

Selected filmography

Director * ''

Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition Praise as a form of social interaction expresses recognition, reassurance or admiration. Praise is expressed verbally as well as by body language ( facial expression and gestures). Verbal praise consists of a positive evaluations of another's a ...

'' (1970) * ''

Long Shot In photography, filmmaking and video production, a wide shot (sometimes referred to as a full shot or long shot) is a shot that typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surrou ...

'' (1978) * ''

Nelly's Version ''Nelly's Version'' is a 1983 British mystery film directed by Maurice Hatton and starring Eileen Atkins, Anthony Bate and Nicholas Ball. It was based on a novel by Eva Figes. The screenplay concerns a woman who turns up a hotel having lost h ...

'' (1983) * ''American Roulette'' (1988) * '' Satan at His Best'' (1995)

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* 1938 births 1997 deaths British male screenwriters British film directors Mass media people from Manchester 20th-century British screenwriters {{UK-film-director-stub