[…]and it seemed as though - [chuckles] she told me that she was born in Carnaby Street and her father had a tailor's workshop, although that was long before my time, it was a coincidence. But anyway my mother had to just work day and night, because we had three children. And when I - instead of carryi[…]
[…] permission of the BECTU History Project (http://www.historyproject.org.uk/). Copyright of interview material is vested in the BECTU History Project (formerly the ACTT History Project) and the right to publish some excerpts may not be allowed.BECTU History Project Interview no: 340 Interviewee: Jan […]
[…] really art directors film or designers films. Not many. No. No. And you know it's sad. It's like the Oscars. How can room with a view get the design award which was all made on location. You know and yet by the same token there were films being made with fantastic sets.SPEAKER: M34You know and you […]
[…]tras were not paid but were entered into raffles throughout the filming day, with the final prize being a new car; DW talks about winning the Academy Award and commercial director Dom McPherson; working with Sydney Pollack on Out of Africa and lighting Robert Redford; myths surrounding flattering li[…]
[…] which I went into an architect's office. And that was great to start with some thoughts of going into the film industry has left me come September's award just broke it out. And I'd started at Regent's poly. Know during the job I'm doing it part time. After a few few months at the beginning of the […]
[…]at the chance. Perhaps I would have become Yvonne Littlewood of Children's Programmes. What a wonderful job she made of her career. She has the awards prove it as well. Her programmes had a trademark those wonderful moving shots on the crane. Always going with the sweep of the music. Personall[…]
[…]d they're tied up with J.W. then were they?Maurice Askew: No.Jim Shields: They were a separate entity...Maurice Askew: The Religious Film Society was formed to make Christian pictures, and that's when Rank got interested in the film business.Jim Shields: Yes.Maurice Askew: And they had a studio in C[…]
