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[Transcribed from brief handwritten note]

[Born] 1944 29th January, Clapham, London; no awards or honours. Parents not in the industry, no film making at school [but] interest at 17, bought camera: Eumig Standard 8[mm], with tape attachment [made] amateur films.

Job in advertising agency at £5 a week in Hill St [?]. Interest in film and TV – deliver TV commercials; became ‘Producer’, at Royalty House in the West End. Big name Producers use big name directors to shoot commercials. Not in the union at that time. Took stills on set.

Q: You had a passion?

A: I never had to work! It was pleasure.

Q: Adventures?

A: Never had adventures. Job in newspaper, Assistant Editor. Keith Latham, worked at Editing [?], at Lime Grove. Cement join, then tape joins. Freelance; Goldhawk Studios. Lane End Productions, own company and successful. BBC Producers choice; video equipment.