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Archive Telecine SpecialistCompany NameBBC Studios and Post Production LtdDates EmployedSep 1981 – Apr 2016Employment Duration 34 yrs 8 monthsLocation  BBC TV Centre, Lime Grove Studios, South RuislipI joined the BBC in 1981 as a Technical Assistant, qualifying as a Broadcast Engineer in 1984. I have always worked with film, telecine and telerecording. I was the BBC's last ever telerecording engineer until the operation closed in 1995. Since 1998 I have specialised in archive telecine work until the closure of BBC S&PP Digital Media Services in April 2016 Company Director and Archive Telecine SpecialistCompany NameThe Flying Spot LtdDates EmployedApr 2016 – PresentEmployment Duration 4 yrs 11 monthsLocation Cannon House, Royal Arsenal Riverside, Woolwich, London SE18 6LBFollowing my "retirement" from the BBC, The Flying Spot is my new company formed to enable me to continue my craft of archive and small-format telecine work. I have acquired all my old equipment from the BBC to offer much the same service as I did under the BBC banner. Accommodation and fit-out works are now completed and The Flying Spot is open for business (July 2016). 

Simon Lund (United States, 1974) with an education in Visual Arts, is a professional restorer and conservator of audiovisual material. He is currently working as a Director of Technical Operations at Cineric Inc., in New York, where, between 1995 – 2009, he had already occupied the same position. Cineric is a US leader company in photochemical and digital cinema restoration. They  have offices in New York, Lisbon and Rome.As such, he worked on the restoration of over a 1000 films for the Hollywood studios and other archives such as the Anthology Film Archive in New York and The British Film Institute. Between 2009 and 2014, he worked in the Investigation Department of the Spanish and Portuguese Filmotecas (Film Archives). As a filmmaker, he authors more than 20 shorts and has just finished his first feature film.  

Peter Curtis Lamont was a British set decorator, art director, and production designer most noted for working on 18 James Bond movies, from Goldfinger(1964) to Casino Royale (2006). The only Bond film that he did not work on during that period was Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) because he was work on Titanic..Throughout his near 60-year career, Lamont was nominated for three Academy Awards for his work on Fiddler On The Roof (1971), The SpY Who Loved Me(1977), and Aliens (1986).[3] He was nominated a fourth time and won for Titanic (1997). His memoir, The Man With the Golden Eye: Designing the James Bond Films, was published in 2016.

Peter Suschitzky is a British cinematographer and photographer.. He was born on  25 July 1941 in Warsaw.Peter’s  early work includes  “It Happened Here” ( 1965) and Peter Watkins’ BBC drama “The War Game” ( 1966) He was the  director of photography  on such notable films  as “Charlie Bubbles” ( 1968) ,  The Rocky Horror Picture Show ( 1975),  George Lukas’  “ The Empire Strikes Back” (1980), and  Tim Burton’s “Mars Attacks! “ ( 1996) and the later films of David Cronenberg including  Naked Lunch (1991), Crash (1996). He has also collaborated with directors John Boorman, Ken Russell and  Bernard Rose.He is the son of fellow cinematographer Wolfgang Suschitzky ( See our interview with Wolfgang at    https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/wolfgang-suschitzky )Suschitzky has been the recipient of four Genie Awards for Best Achievement in Cinematography, and a David di Donatello Award for Best Cinematography. He is featured in the book Conversations with Cinematographers, published by Scarecrow Press.

Kieron Webb is Film Conservation Manager at the British Film Institute.Kieron coordinates the technical work on the Archive’s restorations, including the identification of the best source materials and designing the approach of restoration work with all the other teams at the Archive’s Conservation Centre. He has worked on the restorations of the first films of Charlie Chaplin and David Lean and led the restoration of Joseph Losey’s Accident (1967). He oversaw the digital restoration of The Great White Silence (1924), the film record of Scott’s Antarctic expedition, and the digital remastering of the Ealing Studios classic It Always Rains on Sunday (1947).

Film Operations and Project Engineer Consultant at Deluxe Entertainment Services Group

1962 - 1971  - Kodak Ltd  Research LaboratorySpectrophotometry, X-Ray Fluorescence, Modulation Transfer Function Measurements, Colour Print and Processing.Motion Picture Sales DivisionCustomer Complaints, Technical Advice.1971 - 1981 - Filmatic Laboratories Ltd Technical Director,  a 16mm Colour & Black and White Laboratory.1981 - 1984 - Humphries Film Laboratories Ltd  Technical Director,  A 16mm & 35mm Colour and Black and White Laboratory.1986 - 2002 - Hendersons Film LaboratoriesTechnical Director,  A 16mm & 35mm Black and White Laboratory specialising in archive work.2002 - Present  - Consultant      

Menges was born in Kington, Herefordshire, the son of the composer and conductor Herbert Menges. He began his career in the 1960s as camera operator for documentaries by Adrian Cowell, and for films including Poor Cow by Ken Loach and If.... by Lindsay Anderson. Kes, directed by Ken Loach, was his first film as cinematographer. Menges was also behind the camera on Stephen Frears' first feature film Gumshoe in 1971.After several documentaries and feature films, such as Black Beauty (1971), Bloody Kids (1978), The Game Keeper (1980), Babylon (1980) and Angel (1982), Menges became notable for more ambitious works, for which he was critically acclaimed.In 1983, Menges received his first BAFTA nomination for the Bill Forsyth film Local Hero, and only a year later won his first Academy Award for the film The Killing Fields about the genocide in Cambodia. He continued his work with helmer Roland Joffe, and Menges won his second Oscar in 1986 with the historical drama The Mission. He also shot a television play titled Made in Britain, starring Tim Roth, in 1983.In 1988, Menges made his directorial debut with A World Apart. This film was celebrated at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and won three major awards.[2]His second film as director, CrissCross with Goldie Hawn, received critical acclaim, but was a box-office flop. In 1996 he moved back behind the camera to shoot the award-winning films The Boxer (directed by Jim Sheridan) and Michael Collins. For the latter, he received his third Academy Award nomination in 1997.Menges also made documentaries. In the early 1970s, he went to Burma with British film maker Adrian Cowell to shoot The Opium Warlords, a film about the drug trade. After the release of the documentary in 1974, the Burmese government was said to have put a price on their heads. Menges is mentioned in the book Conversations with Cinematographers by David A. Ellis, published by Scarecrow Press.FilmographyCinematographerShort filmYearTitleDirectorNotes1963The War GameMai ZetterlingWith Brian Probyn1966Raid into TibetAdrian CowellDocumentary short1968SoloMisha Donat 1969Assignment VietnamRichard TaylorDocumentary short1971Talk About WorkKen Loach1981Couples and RobbersClare Peploe Documentary filmYearTitleDirectorNotes1968Abel Gance: The Charm of DynamiteKevin Brownlow 1969Wild and Free Twice DailyHimself 1971The Save the Children Fund FilmKen Loach 1981East 103rd StreetHimself 1984Which Side Are You On?Ken LoachWith Jimmy Dibling1987Jin San Jiao ya pian jun fa jie miAdrian CowellWai-Chuen Yung 2003Concert for GeorgeDavid Leland 2019Voice of LandHenrique Bouduard Feature filmYearTitleDirectorNotes1968Last of the Long-haired BoysPeter EverettUncredited1969KesKen Loach 1970Loving MemoryTony ScottWith Tony Scott and John Metcalfe1971Black BeautyJames Hill GumshoeStephen Frears 1979Black JackKen Loach 1980BabylonFranco Rosso The GamekeeperKen LoachWith Charles Stewart1981A Sense of FreedomJohn MackenzieLighting cameramanLooks and SmilesKen Loach 1982BattletruckHarley Cokeliss AngelNeil Jordan 1983Local HeroBill ForsythLighting cameraman1984Comfort and Joy The Killing FieldsRoland Joffé Winter FlightRoy Battersby 1985MarieRoger Donaldson 1986The MissionRoland Joffé FatherlandKen Loach 1987Shy PeopleAndrei Konchalovsky High SeasonClare Peploe 1996Michael CollinsNeil Jordan 1997The BoxerJim Sheridan 2001The PledgeSean Penn 2002Dirty Pretty ThingsStephen Frears The Good ThiefNeil Jordan 2004CriminalGregory Jacobs 2005TicketsKen Loach The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaTommy Lee Jones North CountryNiki Caro 2006Notes on a ScandalRichard Eyre 2008The Yellow HandkerchiefUdayan Prasad Stop-LossKimberly Peirce The ReaderStephen DaldryWith Roger Deakins2010Route IrishKen Loach London BoulevardWilliam Monahan 2011Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseStephen Daldry 2013HummingbirdSteven Knight 2019Waiting for the BarbariansCiro Guerra Director[edit]Documentary filmWild and Free Twice Daily (1969)East 103rd Street (1981) (Also producer)Feature filmA World Apart (1988)CrissCross (1992)Second Best (1993)The Lost Son (1999)Awards and nominations[edit]Academy AwardsYearTitleCategoryResult1984The Killing FieldsBest CinematographyWon1986The MissionWon1996Michael CollinsNominated2008The ReaderNominatedBAFTA AwardsYearTitleCategoryResult1983Local HeroBest CinematographyNominated1984The Killing FieldsWon1986The MissionNominated1996Michael CollinsNominated2008The ReaderNominatedAmerican Society of CinematographersYearTitleCategoryResult1986The MissionOutstanding Achievement in CinematographyNominated1996Michael CollinsNominated1997The BoxerNominated2008The ReaderNominatedLos Angeles Film Critics AssociationYearTitleCategoryResult1984The Killing FieldsBest CinematographyWon1986The MissionWon1996Michael CollinsWonNational Society of Film CriticsYearTitleCategoryResult1984Comfort and JoyBest CinematographyWonThe Killing FieldsWon1996Michael CollinsNominatedNew York Film Critics CircleYearTitleCategoryResult1984The Killing FieldsBest CinematographyWon1986The MissionNominatedOther awardsYearTitleAward/Nomination1984The Killing FieldsBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography1996Michael CollinsNominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography