Chris Menges

… 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 t…

Leslie J Wheeler

…heeler, equipment manufacturer (Prestwick Camera Co); father of Paul V Wheeler, Lighting Cameramanbehp0259-leslie-j-wheeler-memoirRED LIGHT AND BELL, by Leslie J Wheeler Hon FRPS., FBKSTS.[A memoir, f…

Pam Armstrong

… directed How the Motor Car Works, for Shell Film Unit. This film exploited new lighting techniques as an aid to narrative. It was nominated for the SFTA award for the best specialised film in 1967, e…

Ronald Spencer

…use’ training – learned ‘on the job’, no evening classes.Remembers Mutzi Green, lighting cameraman, with affection, and David Lean with admiration. Edward Dmytryk probably the director who made the st…

Richard Greenough

…and used by everybody concerned with action on the studio floor, Set Designers, lighting, camera positions, etc.  And it was these floor plans that were used for the staging of productions for th…

Marcia Wheeler

…ould get under the archway. Parking  is a problem at many locations;  Lighting trucks, generator, propvan, Costume van, Makeup Caravan, Camera Car, sound Car, Visual Effects, Armourer, Horse…

Fred Gamage

…orsey Mere, Norfolk. He also remembers working with Pat Jackson, this time as a lighting cameraman on CABLE SHIP. Then came the war and the curious transition period when the GPO Film Unit became…

Joan Baddeley

…e river. All our equipment - three cameras, film stock, recording gear, tripod, lighting and personal baggage travelled the same way. That we lost nothing on that trip still amazes me.Operating in the…

Ronnie Whitehouse

… one can say - the world. Ronnie settled In the camera department, and became a lighting cameraman - and then a director. During his eighteen years at Shell Film Unit, Ronnie was exposed to a wide ran…