[…]ld do the lighting. But of course it's the camera man that does the lighting. So I applied, I applied to Pinewood and to Beaconsfield film studios, which was active studio at that time. And I got a very quick response back from Pinewood saying, Yes, could I go in for an interview? I […]
[…]ond City first, which were half hour plays on BBC Two. Mainly done in the studio. And I think David also had two plays for the day on BBC One made on film. And throughout the 70s, the department expanded until I can remember in 1978, I think it was about then, and I just begun Empire road. David har[…]
[…]icy everything else passed in English failed at maths, you know, kind of thing eventually got enough to get through and decided that I wanted to be a film director Believe it or not. And I was living living Kingston at the time and I decided to run away runaway which I did by getting over 65 b[…]
[…]hose days. And said ‘All right, well I think I know somebody who works at Blackheath - Berndets. Berndets was one of the well known radio films at that date. They used to make the Berndet coil which was similar to the iranic(?) coil, whereas the iranic coil was a honeycomb the Bern[…]
[…]1917; attended Middlesex University College, Muswell Hill; last 2 years of education at the polytechnic on Regents Street; he moved straight into the film industry from the college; photography was a hobby from an early age; SS was introduced to Jerry Blackener at Lesley Fuller studios and worked th[…]
[…]e ballet comes half way through Faust and I spent the evening on the roof looking at London burning. I think it was the night of that famous Jennings film of London burning, because I remember seeing St. Pauls back lit with fire. It was terrifying because the Wells is not far from St. Pauls.I got th[…]
