Chris Menges

[…] the story could come first I think you’ll find that the inspiration for good photography comes from within the writing. And it’s surprising how many directors you work for who haven’t the faintest idea really how to photograph a film but if you’re inspired by the writing and the ideas in the story,[…]

Gerard "Gerry" Anthony Morrissey

[…]on, right, over this and it was rejected. Paddy Leach basically did a job on us, because he'd obviously had a chat with Roger Chase, who was then the director of HR. [Human Resources] So it was rejected. Now, Tony Lennon was around at this stage. He was on a release at the BBC and Television Centre,[…]

Neville Wortman

[…]iate family?NEVILLE WORTMAN:  My immediate family – I’ve got twins.  A boy and a girl, Mathew and Rosalind.  Mathew is a drama feature director and he is just about to start his first feature film which has just been financed which is going to be shot in Brazil and I am a sort of exec[…]

Mike Hodges

[…]]Mike Hodges  17:22  No, I have to give that to miss for a minute. And I'll tell you, so anyway, I got this job. Alan Dell was the managing director, the disc jockey, right, ran it. And who's the guy who owned it? He was an infamous film producer, whose name escapes me, Rodney Giesler[…]

A F (Peter) Birch

[…]ers".Peter Birch : Oh yes, I remember that, Michael Powell.Alan Lawson : Now what was he like to work with?Peter Birch : I had no complaints with any directors really; maybe they took pity on me, I don't know.Alan Lawson : Not even Hitchcock?Peter Birch : Hitchcock and I got along like a house-on-fi[…]
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