[…] do, and my father, at that time, was in charge of, one of his responsibilities anyway, was to commission outside companies to make films within BBC, documentaries, whatever. And one of the companies he was using, he either persuaded or they actually wanted a tea boy. And my father said, look, you'v[…]
[…]he RAF Film Unit throughout the war, and again I learnt quite a bit about editing from him cutting.Rodney Giesler: And he went on to make these Pathe documentaries didn't he?Dicky Leeman: That's right. Yes, yes. He was a nice...he was a nice bloke.Rodney Giesler: I knew him quite well.Dicky Leeman: […]
[…]hem, and they were never published.John Legard: I used to take Films & Filming. It was a very good magazine. Ken Gay used to do articles in it on documentaries.Rodney Giesler: Yes. But the thing that came off on this one is that I said to Peter "I don't want to come into the business to write ar[…]
[…] freelancing of course by then, and we went to Germany and did it you know.Alan Lawson: What was Jack Lee like to work with? Because he was from documentaries wasn't he?Cyril Pennington-Richards: Hmm. Well in point of fact we got on quite well, we had differences you know. But he was a dif[…]
[…]are, who you are, where you come from, your childhood days, anything about your early life?Margaret Thomson 0:25 Yes, I come from New Zealand. My parents came from New Zealand as well. And my grandparents went out to New Zealand in the very early days of the colonisation of New Zealand, […]
[…] you know progressive films in those days, all the main documentaries - I forget their names now. And we sent […]
[…]resting Dramas back then as well, which I've still got at home on VHS somewhere. I've kept them all. In the Film side as well, a lot of award-winning Documentaries were made at STV. A lot of very intelligent people worked in the Company then and it was just great to part of it. I: So, it was al[…]
[…]first main job was to look after the library, it had quite a considerable library of all the - you know progressive films in those days, all the main documentaries - I forget their names now. And we sent them out to various film societies and when they came back I had to check them through, clean th[…]
[…] the interview is with James Gilbert interviewed by John Taylor with possible interruptions by Stephen Peet. James Gilbert has mainly been a producer and director for television and the date is 5 March 1990, File No 130.SIDE 1, TAPE 1John Taylor: Just start at the beginning. When were you born and w[…]
[…] but that never materialised. But in England on or two jobs, but at the same time I was instructed to make, off my own bat, five to ten minute little documentaries of things that were going on in England that would be of interest to the American market. It was like a magazine, a sort of five minute […]
