IEC
Born: 16 June 1939, London, UK.
Education: London School of Printing and Graphic Arts [now London College of Communication] [1957-59; commercial and fashion photography].
Career: Started working for Victor M. Gover Productions [London] and in Lagos, Nigeria, ph advertising stills and TV commercials. Joined the BBC Film Unit at Ealing Studios in 1961 as ph of drama prods and doc's. Left the BBC in 1986 and became freelance.
Retired in 2006.
Was a member [now honorary member] of the BSC.
Appeared in the doc 'A Little Touch of Harry: The Making of Henry V' [1989, Mary Gwatkin; ph: Peter Harvey & Dave Chilton].
Awards: BAFTA TV Technical Craft Award nom [1977] for 'Royal Heritage'; BAFTA TV Award [1982] for 'Smiley's People'; BAFTA TV Award nom [1986] for 'Bleak House'; BAFTA TV Award nom [1987] for 'Hotel du Lac' and 'The Day After the Fair'; BAFTA Film Award nom [1990] for 'Henry V'; CableACE Award [1994] for 'Zelda'.
FILMS | |
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1986 |
A Month in the Country [Pat O'Connor] c |
1987 |
A Summer Story [Piers Haggard] c |
1987 |
Making Waves [Jenny Wilkes] c; short/12m; also part of Channel 4 tv-series 'Short and Curlies' |
1988 |
Tree of Hands/Innocent Victim [Giles Foster] c |
1988 |
Henry V [Kenneth Branagh] c |
1990 |
King Ralph [David S. Ward] c |
1991 |
Rush [Lili Fini Zanuck] c |
1991 |
Of Mice and Men [Gary Sinise] c; 2uc: Alan Caso |
1993 |
Lassie [Daniel Petrie] c |
1994 |
Circle of Friends [Pat O'Connor] c; addph: Seamus Corcoran |
1996 |
Inventing the Abbotts [Pat O'Connor] c; addph: Michael Ferris; aph: Frank Holgate |
1996 |
Almost Heroes/Edwards and Hunt [Christopher Guest] c; cph: Adam Kimmel; addph: Jeffrey Jur; 2uc: Alan Caso & Brian Sullivan |
1997 |
Dancing at Lughnasa [Pat O'Connor] c |
1999 |
The Shrink Is In [Richard Benjamin] c; aph: David B. Nowell |
TELEVISION [for BBC-tv until 1986] | |
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1969 |
Something Beautiful for God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta [Peter Chafer] doc/52m/16mm |
1970 |
Paul - Envoy Extraordinary [Peter Chafer] 5-part doc series (1971) |
1971 |
Introduction to Music [ep 'The Instruments of the Orchestra' exec prod by Peter Scroggs] mus doc/?m; co-c.op: Hugh Miles & Colin Deehan; ep series 'Humanities: A Foundation Course'; for Open University |
1971 |
Pablo Picasso [prod: Lorna Pegram] doc/70m; cph: Ken Morse |
1971 |
Music on 2: Great Orchestras of the World [ep (55m) 'The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra' prod by Ian Engelmann] series |
1972 |
America - A Personal History of the United States by Alistair Cooke [ep #1 'The First Impact' dir by Ann Turner (AT), #2 'The New Found Land' dir by Michael Gill (MG), #3 'Home from Home' dir by AT, #4 'Making a Revolution' dir by MG, #5 'Inventing a Nation' dir by MG, #7 'A Fireball in the Night' dir by MG, #9 'Money on the Land' dir David Heycock (DH), #10 'The Huddled Masses' dir by DH & #13 'The More Abundant Life' dir by MG] 13-part doc series/b&w-c, 1972-73; cph (#2): John Wyatt; other ph: A. A. Englander (#6 & 8), Philip Méheux (#11-12) & John Wyatt (#11-12) |
1972 |
The Reporters [Michael Apted] tvm/75m; ep #43 of 307-part drama anthology series 'Play for Today', 1970-84; 3rd season, 1972-73 |
1972 |
Taizé - A Place for Today [prod: Shirley du Boulay] doc/40m |
1973 |
The Ape Man That Never Was - The Rise and Fall of the Sussex Missing Link [Paul Jordan] doc/b&w-c/49m; as Kenneth McMillan; ep series 'Chronicle' |
1973 |
K.M. & L.M.: The Claims of Friendship [Tristram Powell] doc/50m |
1973 |
His Majesty's Surveyor [prod: Ann Turner] doc/50m/16mm |
1973 |
Writers' Houses [ep #5 'Rudyard Kipling Lived Here' dir by Julia Cave] 5-part (x 15m) doc series |
1973 |
Mummy and Daddy [Barry Davis] tvm/70m; ep #75 of 307-part drama anthology series 'Play for Today', 1970-84; 4th season, 1973-74 |
1973 |
Blackpool Out of Season [prod: John Bird] mus doc/25m; ep series 'The Camera and the Song' |
1974 |
The Mighty Continent [Peter Morley] 13-part doc series, 1974-75 |
1974 |
The Jean Rhys Woman [Tristram Powell] doc + dram seq/55m; ep series 'Omnibus' |
1974 |
Heidi [June Wyndham-Davies] 6-part series; ph film seq; repeated in 1975 as 3-part series |
1974 |
X-ploitation [James Kenelm Clarke] doc/50m; ep series 'Man Alive' (1975) |
1975 |
Spirit of the Age [ep #1 'The Medieval World' prod by John Drummond & #2 'A New Heaven, a New Earth: The Tudor Renaissance' prod by David Cheshire] 8-part (x 50m) doc series; other ph: Ian Stone (#3), Kenneth Lowe (#4), Henry Farrar (#5), Bill Matthews (#6), Godfrey Johnson (#7) & Philip Bonham-Carter (#8) |
1975 |
The Changing Face of Medicine [ep #2 'Mysteries' dir by Christopher Sykes] 3-part (x 50m) doc series |
1975 |
Porridge [ep #11 'The Harder They Fall' dir by Sydney Lotterby] pilot (1973) + 20-part series, 1974-77; 2nd season, 1975-76 (8 ep) |
1975 |
Doctor Who [ep #81 (4 parts) 'Planet of Evil' dir by David Maloney] series (159 ep in 700 parts), 1963-89/b&w-c; 13th season/c; cph: Stan Speel |
1976 |
The Spirit of the Land [Colin Nears] doc/50m; cph: John Hooper & John Else; rostrum ph: Ivor Richardson; ep series 'Omnibus' |
1976 |
Royal Heritage [ep #1 'The Medieval Kings' dir by Michael Gill (MG), #2 'The Tudors' dir by Ann Turner (AT), #3 'Charles I' dir by David Heycock (DH), #4 'The Stuarts Restored' dir by DH, #6 'George IV' prod by MG, #7 'Victoria and Albert' dir by AT, #8 'Victoria, Queen and Empress' dir by AT & #9 'Edward VII and the House of Windsor' prod by MG] 9-part doc series, 1977; other ph (#5 'The First Three Georges'): Henry Farrar; ep #9 was revised in 1981; ep #10 ('The Queen and Prince Philip' dir by Ann Turner and ph by Henry Farrar) was added in 1980 |
1976 |
The Key to the Land of Silence [Anna Benson Gyles] doc/50m; cph: Peter Hall; ep series 'Chronicle' (1977) |
1977 |
In Performance - The Camden Jazz Festival [Robin Lough] mus doc/89m; cph: Peter Bartlett & Ian Stone; ep arts series 'The Lively Arts' |
1977 |
Two Faces of Seville [Clem Vallance] doc/50m; ep doc series 'The World About Us' |
1977 |
Target [ep #5 'Van Draggers' dir by Francis Megahy, #6 'Lady Luck' dir by Terry Green, #7 'Set Up' dir by Jim Goddard & #9 'Carve Up' dir by Ben Bolt] 17-part police drama series/16mm, 1977 & 1978; 1st series, 1977 (9 ep); other ph: Fred Hamilton |
1977 |
The Obelisk [Giles Foster] tvm/29m; ep drama anthology series 'Premiere' |
1977 |
Scars of Autumn - A Journey Back to Poland [prod: Peter Foges] doc/45m (1978) |
1978 |
Target [ep #10 'Rogues' Gallery' dir by Mike Vardy, #11 'A Good and Faithful Woman' dir by Ben Bolt & #17 'The Run' dir by Terry Green] 2nd series, 1978 (8 ep); see 1977 |
1978 |
Wuthering Heights [Peter Hammond] 5-part miniseries |
1978 |
The Great Double Bass Race [prod: David Buckton] mus doc/63m; cph: John Goodyer (1979) |
1978 |
My Son, My Son [Peter Cregeen] 8-part miniseries, 1979; other ph: Nigel Walters |
1979 |
Crime and Punishment [Michael Darlow] 3-part miniseries |
1979 |
The Victoria and Albert Museum at Work [prod: Julia Matheson] doc/48m; cph: John Adderley & Philip Bonham-Carter; ep series 'Treasure Keepers' |
1979 |
A Hole in Babylon [Horace Ové] tvm/70m; ep #204 of 307-part drama anthology series 'Play for Today', 1970-84; 10th season, 1979-80 |
1979 |
That Crazy Woman [Bill Craske] tvm/55m; ep #215 of 307-part drama anthology series 'Play for Today', 1970-84; 10th season, 1979-80 |
1979 |
Over There [Chris Lovett] tvm/35m; ep drama anthology series 'Premiere' |
1979 |
Last of the Summer Wine [Christmas Special 'And a Dewhurst Up a Fir Tree' dir by Sydney Lotterby] pilot + 294-part series + specials/16mm, 1973-2010; 5th season, 1979; ph film seq |
1979 |
James Burke - The Real Thing [ep #2 'This Way Up' prod by Mick Jackson] 6-part (x 29m) doc + dram seq series, 1980; other ph (+ cph #2): David Feig |
1980 |
Discoveries [ep #1 'The Fortress on the Nile' dir by Derrick Amoore & Ron Johnston] 4-part (x 90m) doc series |
1980 |
Star Wars - Music by John Williams [prod: David Buckton] mus doc/59m; add c.op: Bill Dudman & Paul Houlston |
1980 |
Parrots, Bees, Ducks and Finches [Christopher Swann] doc/50m; ep series 'Omnibus' (1981) |
1980 |
Escape [ep #5 'The Cartland Murder' dir by John Bird] 6-part (x 50m) series |
1981 |
The Borgias [Brian Farnham] 10-part miniseries |
1981 |
Last Summer's Child [Giles Foster] tvm/51m; ep drama anthology series 'Playhouse' |
1981 |
Beardsley and His Work [prod: John Selwyn Gilbert] doc/49m (1982) |
1981 |
The Pigman's Protege [John Madden] tvm/35m; ep drama anthology series 'Playhouse' (1982) |
1981 |
The Queen of Annagh [Jane Jackson] tvm/33m; ep drama anthology series 'Playhouse' (1982) |
1982 |
Smiley's People [Simon Langton] 6-part miniseries |
1982 |
Molly Keane [Tom Gutteridge] doc/40m |
1982 |
The Spider's Web [Basil Coleman] tvm; ph film seq |
1982 |
Bergerac [ep #11 'A Message for the Rich' dir by Alan Grint] 87-part series, 1981-91; 2nd season, 1983 |
1982 |
Raymond Briggs and the Bomb [Jonathan Fulford] item (#1 of 2) ep series 'Omnibus' (1983) |
1982 |
Greenham Common - A Question of Conscience [prod: Colin Cameron] doc/35m; cph: Alex Hansen; ep series 'Heart of the Matter' |
1983 |
A Princess Remembers [Jonathan Fulford] interview/37m |
1983 |
One of Ourselves [Pat O'Connor] tvm/48m |
1983 |
The Ghost Writer [Tristram Powell] tvm/80m; ep series 'Arena' |
1983 |
The Aerodrome [Giles Foster] tvm |
1983 |
Waving to a Train [Bill Hays] tvm/40m (1984) |
1984 |
Prisoners of Incest [prod: Robin Brightwell] dram doc/55m; cph: Peter Chapman & Alan Smith; ep series 'Horizon' |
1984 |
Colin Davis [prod: David Buckton] mus doc/60m; cph: Nigel Walters |
1984 |
Bleak House [Ross Devenish] 8-part miniseries, 1985 |
1985 |
Bergerac [ep #34 'Return of the Ice Maiden' dir by Michael Custance] 4th season; see 1982 |
1985 |
Frankie and Johnnie [Martin Campbell] tvm/16mm; ep drama anthology series 'Screen Two' (1986) |
1985 |
Hotel du Lac [Giles Foster] tvm/75m; ep drama anthology series 'Screen Two' (1986) |
1985 |
Past Caring [Richard Eyre] tvm; ep drama anthology series 'Sunday Premiere' (1986) |
1986 |
Smart Money [Bernard Rose] tvm; ep drama anthology series 'Sunday Premiere' |
1986 |
Day After the Fair [Anthony Simmons] tvm |
1987 |
Pack of Lies [Anthony Page] tvm; ep #266 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series |
1987 |
The Little Match Girl [Michael Lindsay-Hogg] tvm |
1993 |
Zelda [Pat O'Connor] tvm |
1995 |
Mr. and Mrs. Loving [Richard Friedenberg] tvm |
1997 |
Miracle at Midnight [Ken Cameron] tvm; ep ABC-tv series 'The Wonderful World of Disney' |
2001 |
The Magnificent Ambersons [Alfonso Arau] tvm |
TELEVISION AS CAMERA OPERATOR | |
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1966 |
The Royal Palaces of Britain [Anthony de Lotbinière; doc/60m] ph: A.A. Englander |
1968 |
Civilisation - A Personal View by Kenneth Clark [Peter Montagnon, Michael Gill & Ann Turner; 13-part doc series, 1969] ph: A. A. Englander |