Sheila Whitaker

Head of Programming, NFT; Director London Film Festival behp0385-sheila-whitaker-summary[Transcribed from Stanley Foreman’s handwritten notes. DS]SIDE ONEBorn 1936, Thornton Heath.

Gerry Fisher

…elevated to camera operator for a few sequences. Following this he did one more film as 1st AC for Ossie Morris BSC on The Key (1958) directed by Carol Reed.He then began an association with…

Robert Cartwright

He was nominated for four Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction-Set Decoration for   'Becket' (1964), Scrooge (1970), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), The Elephant Man (1980).. He is also…

Searching for Jack Cox

[…] At Gainsborough, when he was starting out, Harris remembered, ‘a film would finish but then they’d do some more scenes […]

Elizabeth (Liz) Bale

…nd quickly learned how to read two stopwatches and work on live programmes with film inserts.   As the filming was all mute I didn’t go out on the road,   added to which the progra…

Yvette Vanson

…bility, children in care and trade union rights, including the first Government film on the plight of carers. â€‹In the early 1980s she developed and managed the East Sussex Social Services Media U…

Michael Colomb

…a job as an assistant in the sound department.  move to the BBC Television Film Department. He then got involved in the design and manufacture of a lightweight blimp but to do so had to leave the…

Cyril (Cid) Thawley

…orate his home and tend his allotment, single handed, at the age of 87.The last film he worked on was The Battle of Britain.    Summary of the CYRIL THAWLEY interview. File 350.&nb…

John Brabourne (Knatchbull)

… of Death; Brian Forbes; Tales of Beatrix Potter; China; Death on the Nile; EMI Films; Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express; The Mirror Crack’d; Children’s Film Foundation; Ronnie Spencer; Chr…

Brian Shemmings

…es field, about Ken Gordon, Gloria Sachs, Terry Trench, The [British] Transport film Unit etc., etc.SIDE TWOContinues to talk about Shorts and Documentaries, Ralph Bond[ Interview No 18], John Taylor,…