[…]lots and action sequences! My temporary appointment with Films of Scotland may also have come about due to the good relationship I developed with its director H Forsyth Hardy during the Film Festival selection committee viewings and by willingly helping him out on a “stunt” he came up with for the P[…]
[…]you know, I had begun to, to formulate more what I wanted to do, and editing seemed to be the most interesting job. And at that time I wanted to be a director, and I reckoned that I, you know, I was going to be God’s gift to directors, that, you know how you are when you’re young. But I was very con[…]
[…]sque 16 new burlesque age 16 and we set off and we made with friends we made a little film in which I actually although I was so I wasn't really t he director of this film I was the actor. I was seen as an escaped Borstal Boy running across the fence being chased by a lot of policemen on my way towa[…]
[…]atSide 1Colin Moffat: The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project. Philip Donnellan: television documentary producer, director. Recording starting on the 28 June1991.Colin Moffat: Right, Philip your name is quite clearly Irish but I suspect in fact if I didn't a[…]
[…]s too low to be a good actor, but I was over Tony Garnett and Tom Courtenay, when I was at University College London, but I was quite a good producer-director. And I wanted to take that path, and in fact spent my first post-graduate job was with a touring theatre in Norway. A state touring theatre i[…]
[…] College London, but = was quite a good producer - director. And = wanted to take that path, and in […]
[…]ds like I: The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU History Project. Sir Paul Fox. One time Managing Director, BBC Television, Yorkshire Television. Interviewing Norman Swallow. Recorded on the 24th of March 1993. Side 1.First and fo[…]
[…] sound? You werenÔÇÖt at this time thinking of being a director? RW B: Not till I saw what was happening. […]
[…]ourth is the fourth of September 1991. We're at ACTT. And the interview is with a very distinguished, originally lighting cameraman and our producer, director, Ronald Neame. Ronald, let's start at the very beginning, you had a parentage that was very active in the film industry of its time. Ron[…]
[…]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[…]
