John Halas

[…]ined us, among them Allison de Vere, roundabout 1955, 1956, to work on the BP films and many more. Bob Godfrey: John 1955, 1956 was the start of commercials, which was a real turning point in all our lives, but it before we touch on that can ask some questions about what  used to be called[…]

Erwin Hillier

[…]ad.Speaker 1  20:31  We've covered, I think, all these things other than the three areas you say, you've worked in recent years on a lot of commercials. Any particular thoughts about commercials? What was, did you find it in an area of interest to experiment? Or was it, again,Speaker 2 &nb[…]

John Schlesinger

[…]ou to discover me. And as a result of that meeting I found my first feature producer although I didn't know it at the time. He wanted me to go and do commercials for his commercials company, which I subsequently did. But at that time I still was happy at the Beeb and doing well on this programme whi[…]

Angela Allen

[…]know so much about in America but certainly I think some of them over here tend to be vastly over length. Certain… maybe I think people who come from commercials. They go from thirty seconds to three and a half hours. It’s a… but it has been interesting that, you know, to do commercials and to work […]

Peggy Gick

[…] [Chuckles.] They couldn't see it, you know? Particularly people doing commercials. John Legard: And I suppose some directors too had […]

Joe McGrath

[…]mething called ‘Oh In Colour’. Q: Er that I’ve got - rather later quite some time later - now is it - was it at this time that you started doing commercials?00:18:34      JOE:  Yes - at that timeQ:  How did that happen?00:18:37     JOE:  Well - er - […]

Peggy Gick

[…]f course I don't like it! It's not what I like, it's what the character likes!" [Chuckles.] They couldn't see it, you know? Particularly people doing commercials.John Legard: And I suppose some directors too had ideas on the subject...I mean, [some of the] more creative directors?Peggy Gick: Oh yes![…]

Clyde Jeavons

BEHP 0694T Clyde Jeavons TranscriptClyde Jeavons [CJ] Murray Weston [MW] David Sharp [DS]Please note that there is some repetition between the first and second Interviews. DSMW: Well although we didn’t call our first interview the first one, with David Francis, this is our second interview with[…]

Dudley Lovell

[…] you worked on on documentaries and advertising films as well.Dudley Lovell  2:51  That's right. In 1968, I did a whole year of advertising commercials. I couldn't stand the solos dialogue. And so I went back to features. And then I stayed in fridges until 1977 and 77, I photographed my fi[…]
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