Search Results for: Royal Television Society Gold Medal 1988.

… the grain business and ship broking in London for a Swiss company. Joined Film Society at Cambridge, has 9.5 mm film equipment – always interested in films as a child – had access to 16mm equipment a…

A British television producer who initially trained as a secretary, Thomas joined the BBC after the war and became a prominent figure in the Talks Department controlling live studio productions. She l…

…n the army, and on his return continued to work as a boom operator on films and television (often alongside Leslie Hammond) until the mid 1970s. His credits include several films for Joseph Losey (on …

…ts,  then in 1958 moved to work for the Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians  ( ACTT), initially also undertaking scriptwriting. He was General Secretary of t…

… In retirement, he was involved in establishing the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). SUMMARY: In this often fascinating interview with Linda Wood, Anthony Havelock-Allan …

Ernest Steward BSC (8 January 1914 – 8 April 1990) was a British cinematographer.Born in London, England, he began his career as a camera operator. His early credits in this field included Great Expectations (1946) and London Belongs to Me (1948).As Director of Photography, he filmed mostly light-hearted comedies. He made several for producer Betty Box, including the Doctor films, based on the books by Richard Gordon, A Tale of Two Cities (1958) and The 39 Steps (1959). He was cinematographer for the Carry On comedy series, beginning with Carry On Sergeant in 1958, eventually alternating with Alan Hume as regular DoP. Between 1950 and 1971 he was the cinematographer on practically all the films directed by Ralph Thomas, a total of 32 productions, and others, too, such as House of Mystery (1961), and Seven Keys (1962).Steward also worked on TV, on such series as The Human Jungle, The Avengers, The New Avengers and The Professionals.

As the co-devisor of The Frost Report, with David Frost, it was Gilbert who brought together Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, as well as most of the members of Monty Python. With the first director of The Two Ronnies, Terry Hughes, Gilbert created the format of the series which began in 1971. According to the Daily Telegraph obituary of Gilbert, the two men "were largely responsible for establishing the pattern of the show with its quick-fire verbal gags, double entendres and cavalcade of naive caricatures of British life: bumbling colonels, half-witted yokels and bosomy barmaids".[1] The series ran until 1986. In addition to The Two Ronnies, Gilbert was an early producer of Last of the Summer Wine (1973), plus the first series of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (also 1973). For the last series, Gilbert won a BAFTA in 1974 for Best Comedy, and was also nominated that year for Last of the Summer Wine in the category.[He succeeded Michael Mills as the BBC's Head of Comedy from 1973–1977.[4] Gilbert was appointed as the BBC's Head of Light Entertainment in 1977, in succession to Bill Cotton, remaining in the post and with the BBC until 1982. Subsequently, he worked as a freelance.[1]In 2003, Gilbert appeared on the documentary special 30 Years of Last of the Summer Wine to discuss his role in helping to create the series.[5]Head of Comedy and Head of Light Entertainment BBC, Head of Comedy Thames

…lso gained experience with John Dighton writing comedy scripts for Naughton and Gold shorts. During the late 1930s he edited a series of films for Korda and Saville including Dark Journey (1937), Acti…

…bsp;A Night To Remember. A hiatus in film led to a second successful career, in television, directing episodes of series such as The Avengers, Minder, Danger UXB, The Saint, The Persuaders, The I…

…art of Bournemouth University. Summer of 1968,left college got a job in Granada Television as trainee cameraman. Active in Labour party.Member of Standing Orders Committee.