[…] so that was good and you taught yourself really. You learned from talented people, people like Alan MacMillan who was a brilliant Editor and a great Director. Ross Wilson, another really really good Director. From people like yourselves who had skills in particular areas and so on. You know, the So[…]
[…]didn’t join until he came out of the Army, he was Ernest Irving’s assistant, until Ernest Irving retired, and then Doc Mathieson took over as Musical Director. Ernest Irving was the top man, then there was Doc Mathieson who was his assistant later on, there was Jimmy Crawford who was the librarian a[…]
[…]see. Which is, I suppose, really what a great conductor is in an orchestra, you know... people play for a great conductor and people relax for a good director. And, er... I don't think anybody had it in the GPO Film Unit to that extent, because they were - charming, sweet people, don't get me wrong,[…]
[…]'re good at their job, and then proceed to underpay them.Alan Lawson 49:03 Yeah, well, this is, this is rather like before the war in the BBC. You were given the title engineer, but you weren't paid the money.Speaker 1 49:12 Yes, yeah, it's ridiculous, but that was one of my […]
[…] Lee who was directing films in those days.SC: He was directing at BIP [British International Pictures] and places.RP: Yes, he was quite a well-known director. He was making a film at Riverside and so I went there as a runner, generally seeing what it was all about. There was a picture being made&nb[…]
[…]dTape 1, Side 1Jim Connock : This is an interview with Kit Wood. I'm doing the interview, I'm Jim Connock and we're doing it in London on the 9th of June 1987. It's a great opportunity to do this while you're in London, and I know you've been very busy, but it's obviously much easier for us to do it[…]
[…] blacklisted, having been named by Edward Dmytryk before the House Un -American Activities Committee. Although he attempted to continue making […]
