Charles Bennett (screenwriter and director) 2/8/1899 - 15/6/1995 by admin — last modified Aug 25, 2008 11:11 PM BIOGRAPHY: Charles […]
[…]nd most notably, he's known for Zed cars, which I think were 50 episodes a year or going out live. David Attenborough, who at that time, was managing director of the BBC asked him to go to Pebble mill, and open a new drama department and find some new writers. But the point was that David surrounded[…]
[…]; And to cut a long story short, within 6 months of my arrival Ronnie was fired and I was made as they call it the [??] director which is the managing director of the whole thing. So I knew everything about cinema then, I knew a fair bit about distribution but not[…]
[…]... I’ve forgotten his name – French actor.Louis Jourdan?Yes, it was, that’s right. And it was my first location and it was pretty awful. The artdirector had a lot to say – Tom Morahan. And they left me in Madrid coping, no Spanish, Spanish costumier who are not used to doing things f[…]
[…]so I stayed in Wembley for a long, long time.Sidney Cole: What was your actual title? What was your job?Carmen Dillon: By then I was an assistant art director.Sidney Cole: Yes.Carmen Dillon: Almost immediately. Because I had to get it set into it. But I had a very dear little man who was trying to c[…]
Pat Jackson ( director, documentary filmmaker) b. 25/3/1916 by admin — last modified Jul 28, 2008 05:40 PM BIOGRAPHY: Pat […]
Pat Jackson ( director, documentary filmmaker) b. 25/3/1916 by admin — last modified Jul 28, 2008 05:40 PM BIOGRAPHY: Pat […]
[…]ce behind the manufacture of any film emulsion was immense, and this is something I again carried through to when I was working with the DoPs and the directors, because you’d understand the science of layering emulsion upon emulsion on a continuous running operation, was precise, absolutely precise,[…]
[…]s the Station Announcer and I was told to go and see Mr Thomson. Now, Mr Thomson was the man that owned it all and I had heard of Ray Purdie, who was Director of Programmes, but I'd never heard of Mr Thomson. Well, I'd heard of him but just vaguely. I hadn't realised how powerful he was and he said,[…]