About us

[…] the stories of men and women working in the UK film, television, theatre, and radio industries to ensure that information on their lives […]

Mike Hodges

… (1987), Croupier (1998) and I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (2003).He  worked in television in the 1960s, producing and directing hard-hitting tv documentaries for World in Action  Grenada TV,&nbs…

John Cotter

Importance of matching personalities of camera crews. Time as Royal Rota cameraman. Filming the christening of Prince Charles.

Bob Larbey

…mar school where he met fellow future write John Esmonde. Did National Service (Royal Army Education Corps); belonged to the Army Kinematograph Society (AKS); watched many films, especially comedies. …

Alfred Black

…joined ENSA,  (Entertainment National Service Association) then joined the Royal Tank Regiment, then joined Army Film Unit, No 2 Unit becoming a Captain. After the war in 1946, he started produci…

Les Ostinelli

….In 1976 Les Ostinelli was made a Fellow of the British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society for his unexcelled appreciation of the Artistic and Technical Requirements of Feature Film Cameramen,…

Colin Young

…r British film educator and the first director of the British National Film and Television School. He was also chairman of the School of Theatre, Film and Television at UCLA and founder…

Yvonne Littlewood

Yvonne Littlewood MBE (born 22nd July 1927) is a former BBC Television Director and Producer. Born in Maidstone, Kent, her career extended over three decades. Littlewood began…

Ronald Spencer

…ol to public school in Sussex. Commissioned into the Army straight from school (Royal Fusiliers, later Durham Light Infantry). A devoted film-goer at that time, and memorised the dialogue.