[…]r by our commanding officer, which was Teddy Baird, and Pat Moyner[?], and they said, "The Rank Organisation are looking desperately for an assistant director and there isn't anybody available," you see, the war was still on. So he said, "What we're going to do, we're going to give you a pass that s[…]
[…]EThis recording, is vested in the ACTT [Association of Cinematograph and Television Technicians] history project. Jack Gold, film and television director, interviewers, Norman Swallow and Alan Lawson, recorded on the 27th February, 1990, side 1. NS Going to kick off Alan? AL Um, right[…]
[…] Mac in the family – he was never an uncle but in those days you called everybody uncle. He turned out to be David MacDonald who was a reputable film director in those days. I went down to Lime Grove studios with my dad and sat on the set. In his chair. And started work next Monday. In the scenic ar[…]
[…]ality, so I came back to the United Kingdom and, forgive me if I digress at all, but my first movie was really quite… due to my photography because a director who was making a film, Kevin Brownlow, was making a film called It Happened Here and he needed a cinematographer and saw my photogr[…]
[…]; The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU History Project. Our subject today is John Ammonds - A M M O N D S. Television producer director, ex-BBC TV, Thames TV, London Weekend Television, now retired. The interviewer record this is John P Hamilton, member of the BECTU History Pr[…]
[…]er Twist set where they were filming a scene in Fagin's kitchen with the young John Howard Davies as Oliver. Of course he is now a famed producer and director. I watched the shooting of Oliver Twist until about 3 and then we went over to The Red Shoes set. I saw Micky Powell running around. And I wa[…]
[…] Oliver. Of course he is now a famed producer and director. I watched the shooting of Oliver Twist until about […]
[…]y, wasn't a quote of quickie. Well, anyway, it wasn't much moreUnknown Speaker 3:02 that was made inSpeaker 3 3:04 Devon, the director. I remember that. That was the period I remember going to the exact studio. Did you actually,Speaker 2 3:12 I mean, what did your[…]
[…]Sidney Cole: Yes, so...he had a, kind of, extra parent in you and your mother?Tilly Day: Oh yes, he was a dear!Sidney Cole: What other directors... did you ever work with David Lean?Tilly Day: No, I knew him very well. I knew him as a cutter.Sidney Cole: But I know David has[…]
[…] in continuity, Because he was a very, sort of, careful director himself. Tilly Day: And, you know, I suddenly thought […]
