[…]tober 1932 till the spring of 1933 and the company was called associated sound film industries. And George Pollock who became a very famous assistant director was an accountant there and Norman Nests whom. I'm sure you all knew in the film industry who were in the army was in the top office he was a[…]
[…]and so long as it was good and in tune… it had to be in tune, mind you… I couldn’t stand anything out of tune but… I found working with Musical Directors like Arthur Greenslade and when we had session men in Saturday Club, and programmes like that… I… there was a mutual respect where I never t[…]
[…] was his assistant. And so he was the producer, the director, the writer, the cameraman, the editor, and I was […]
[…] that's right. And various things like that. And I suppose that must have affected me, all the articles had other film tastes as well, for data entry directors, and all those lovely things which you had, anyhow, I got, I become a member of the Cambridge University, Film Society, which sexually which[…]
[…]the hostel I lived, in Grosvenor Square and I met in the same year, a small diversion, was Roger Chase.Mm.Latterly, Controller of Personnel and, and, Director of Personnel, only retired this year. And Fred Viner.Mm.Who was quite a well-known OB producer. A nice man called, I've forgotten his name no[…]
[…] was Roger Chase. Mm. Latterly, Controller of Personnel and, and, Director of Personnel, only retired this year. And Fred Viner. […]
BECTU History Project Interview with ROY FOWLER – producer, director, writerInterview Date(s):13 June 2000Interview number:479Interviewers: Rodney Giesler Side 1Rodney Giesler:This is an interview with Roy Fowler recorded by Rodney Giesler on the 13 June 2000 for the BECTU oral history arc[…]
[…]at I was in the office with Chris Chapman, who was the property master there you know, getting them to make things that he wanted, and there was this director called Harry Lachman, an American director and Chris was in tears nearly. He said, “He’s fired every charge hand I’ve put on the set”. […]
[…]an artist, and I think I I could be a good painter if I tried, found a good sketch and that sort of thing, I found that useful in in dealing with art directors and so on, to be able to sketch out ideas and all that sort of thing. Otherwise, no, there was no. I was a sort of black sheep because my fa[…]
[…] the script to your departmental heads I'm gonna do this [inaudible] it then had to be sent to the Network Controller and if needs be to the Managing Director BBC Television. Now I love Bill Cotton, he’s a great mate of mine but he knows fuck all about highly intelligent comedy - he's brilliant[…]
