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From interview |
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[Left] with dir Ismail Merchant [2001] |
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ERNEST VINCZE BSC |
Born: 25 November 1942, Budapest, Hungary, as Ernest [Ernie] A. Vincze.
Career: Started his career with the Hungarian National TV where he worked for 3 years on doc's before coming to the UK in 1964. Shot 16mm doc's for British tv for 15 years.
Member of the BSC since 1978.
Was head of the Cinematography Dept of the National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK [2000-02].
Appeared in the ep [2005] 'TARDIS Tales' & 'Special Effects' of the doc series 'Doctor Who Confidential'.
Awards: BAFTA TV Award nom [1984] for 'Kennedy'; BAFTA TV Award nom [1989] for 'A Very British Coup'; Tróia IFF 'Silver Dolphin' Award [1999] for 'Dansinn'; BAFTA Cymru TV Award 'Best Cinematography TV Drama' [2005] for 'Doctor Who' [ep 'The Christmas Invasion']; BAFTA Cymru TV Award 'Best Cinematography TV Drama' [2007] for 'Doctor Who' [ep 'Voyage of the Damned'].
Website: Ernie Vincze
FILMS |
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1967 |
The Survivors [Robert Vas] b&w; doc/26m |
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1968 |
Sound of the City: London 1964-73/Rock City/Popcorn [Peter Clifton] 16mm/b&w-c; mus doc/104m; cph: Michael Cooper, Bruce Logan, Ivan Strasburg, Graham Lind, Charles Stewart, a.o.; features music clips filmed 1964-73, e.g. the 'Festival of the Flower Children' (August 1967) |
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1971 |
June 3rd [Bob Gill] c; comm doc/11m; for Singapore Airlines |
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1972 |
Career [Hugh Raggett] 16mm/c; comm doc/15m |
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1972 |
Eight Foot Square [John Bradford & Walter Storey] c; comm doc/18m; cph: Arthur Wooster, a.o. |
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1972 |
Productivity [Bob Gill] c; comm doc/4m |
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1973 |
Men, Men, Men [Richard Marquand] c; doc/29m |
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1973 |
Jack Says... [Bob Gill] c; comm doc/10m |
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1973 |
Drugs and Schoolchildren [James Ferman] 5-part educational doc series |
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1974 |
Got It Made/Sweet Virgin [James Kenelm Clarke] c |
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1974 |
Winstanley [Kevin Brownlow & Andrew Mollo] 16mm (battle scenes)+35mm-to-35mm/b&w; in development since 1966; filmed during weekends Summer 1974-Winter 1975 |
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1975 |
Great Composers [ep 'Chopin', 'Debussy' & 'Schubert' dir by Jeremy Marre] ?-part series of educational mus doc's; cph: Christopher Morphet, Ivan Strasburg ('Debussy') & David Findlay ('Schubert') |
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1975 |
Dangerous Game [John Tippey & André De Toth] b&w-c; doc/23m; cph: Grenville Middleton, a.o. |
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1976 |
Some of the Palestinians [Mamoun Hassan] c; comm doc/55m; cph: George Nehmen; for the United Nations |
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1976 |
Tao - The Way and Its Power [Jeremy Marre] 16mm/c; doc/45m |
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1976 |
The Soul of the Samurai [Jeremy Marre] c; doc/26m; cph: Chris Connell |
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1976 |
The Way of the Sword [Jeremy Marre] c; doc/25m; cph: Chris Connell |
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1977 |
The Eye of Jefferson [Werner Schumann] c; doc/28m; cph: Foster Wiley |
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1977 |
Les Grandes Batailles Passes: Naseby [Andrew Mollo] 16mm/c; doc/55m |
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1977 |
Roseland [James Ivory] c; 3 seg |
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1977 |
Task Group Three [John Tippey] c; doc/48m; cph: Alfie Hicks; addph: Chris Howard, Mike Thomas & Chris Connell |
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1979 |
The Secret Policeman's Ball [Roger Graef & (stage dir) John Cleese] c; theatre perf/94m; cph: Clive Tickner & Pascoe MacFarlane |
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1979 |
Mad Dogs and Cricketers [Nicholas Parsons] c; doc/33m; cph: Charles Stewart |
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1980 |
Jane Austen in Manhattan [James Ivory] c; ph opera seq: Larry Pizer |
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1980 |
ABBA - Words and Music [Anthony Wilkinson] c; doc/26m; cph: Lasse Hallström; ph Wembley concert: Lars Bermann, Jack Churchill, Peter Fischer, a.o.; doc to promote the 'Super Trouper' album; also shown on tv; filmed in October |
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1981 |
David Bellamy Meets Lloyds Bank People [David Green] c; comm doc/21m; for Lloyds Bank |
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1981 |
How Not to Join the Civil Service [John Bird] c; comm short/24m; cph: Mike Coles |
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1981 |
Hypertensive Therapy [Piers Jackson] 16mm/c; comm doc/15m |
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1982 |
Scrubbers [Mai Zetterling] c |
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1982 |
Get to Know IT [ep 'In Work' dir by Jeff Grant & 'IT in the Office' dir by Francis Fuchs] 8-part series/16mm of comm doc's & shorts |
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1982 |
The Pantomime Dame [Elizabeth Wood] 16mm/c; doc/47m; cph: Ivan Strasburg, Martin Rissen & John Shann |
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1982 |
Tangiers/Tangier [Michael E. Briant] c |
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1983 |
Coal - The Bridge [Peter de Normanville] 16mm/c; comm doc/25m; for British Petroleum |
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1983 |
For Want of Water [Theo Richmond] 16mm/c; comm doc/29m; for Shell |
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1984 |
Sovereign Holidays [Alan Bell] c; comm doc/20m |
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1984 |
[Agatha Christie's] Ordeal by Innocence [Desmond Davis] c; title seq ph; ph: Billy Williams |
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1985 |
Biggles [: Adventures in Time] [John Hough] c; spec pfx: Craig Chandler & Gillie Potter |
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1986 |
Shanghai Surprise [Jim Goddard] c |
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1986 |
Business as Usual [Lezli-An Barrett] c; optical ph: Alan Church |
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1991 |
The Birthday [Piers Jackson] c; short/14m |
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1997 |
Le violon rouge/The Red Violin [François Girard] c; Oxford unit ph; ph: Alain Dostie |
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1997 |
Weekend Bird [Nick Cohen & Chris Vincze] c; short/10m |
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1997 |
Dansinn/The Dance [Ágúst Gudmundsson] c |
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2000 |
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) [Stewart Sugg] s35/c; co-addph; ph: Tony Pierce-Roberts |
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2000 |
Last Orders [Fred Schepisi] s35/c; 2uc; ph: Brian Tufano |
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2001 |
The Mystic Masseur [Ismail Merchant] c |
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2001 |
Snakeboy and Sandcastle [Beryl Richards] 16mm-35bu/c; short/15m |
TELEVISION |
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1967 |
The Tribe That Hides from Man [Adrian Cowell] doc/67m/16mm; cph: Charles Stewart, Chris Menges, a.o.; filmed 1967-70; some material used in the 3-part series 'The Last of the Hiding Tribes' (1998) |
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1970 |
Wales: The Western Stronghold [series prod: Edward Mirzoeff] doc/47m; co-addph; ph: Geoff Mulligan; ep BBC2-tv series 'Bird's Eye View' |
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1970 |
The Last of the Cuiva [Brian Moser] doc/65m/16mm; ep ITV/Granada-tv series 'Disappearing World' |
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1970 |
The Kingdom in the Jungle [Adrian Cowell] doc/16mm/26m; cph: Charles Stewart, Chris Menges, a.o. |
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1971 |
War of the Gods [Brian Moser] doc/66m/16mm; ep series 'Disappearing World' |
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1971 |
A Land for All Seasons [John Bird] doc/50m; ep BBC2-tv series 'Bird's Eye View' |
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1971 |
Beaton by Bailey [William Verity] doc/55m; cph: David Findlay & Aubrey Dewar |
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1971 |
Germaine Greer vs. USA [Charles Mapleston] doc/b&w/?m |
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1972 |
The Life That Lives on Man [prod: Michael Andrews] doc/b&w-c/?m; cph: Nat Crosby & Ken Lowe; ep BBC-tv series 'Horizon' |
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1972 |
What Shall We Do With Granny? [Jim Murray] 2-part doc/2x 50m; ph part #1; cph (#1): John Else, a.o.; ep BBC-tv series 'Man Alive' |
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1972 |
Bailey on Visconti [David Bailey] doc/30m |
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1973 |
Andy Warhol [William Verity] doc/47m |
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1973 |
Something to Beef About [Michael Ryan] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action' |
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1973 |
Turkey: A Question of Torture [David Boulton] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action' |
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1973 |
Kataragama: A God for All Seasons/[: An Ancient Hindu God Revived] [Charlie Nairn] doc/52m; ep series 'Disappearing World' |
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1974 |
Forbidden Image [Jeremy Marre] doc/50m; cph: Christopher Morphet |
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1974 |
Both Sides of the Camera - Focus on the Career of Richard Attenborough [Jeremy Marre] doc/51m/16mm; cph: Christopher Morphet |
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1974 |
The Kawelka: Ongka's Big Moka [Charlie Nairn] doc/52m/16mm; ep series 'Disappearing World' |
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1974 |
Birth of a Nation [prod: Michael Beckham] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action' |
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1974 |
The Trials in Zanzibar [prod: Allan Segal] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action' |
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1975 |
A Nod and a Wink [John Ingram] doc/?m; ep series 'Pilger' |
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1975 |
The Shilluk [of Southern Sudan] [Chris Curling] doc/52m; ep series 'Disappearing World' |
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1976 |
Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid [Richard Marquand] tvm/33m |
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1976 |
Pleasure at Her Majesty's/Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe [Roger Graef & (stage dir) Jonathan Miller] theatre perf/b&w-c/100m; cph: Charles Stewart & Steve Shaw; ep BBC-tv series 'Omnibus' |
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1976 |
Zap!! The Weapon Is Food [Richard Marquand] doc/?m; ep series 'Pilger' |
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1976 |
The Lawbreakers [exec prod: Brian Lapping] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action' |
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1976 |
The Queen's Realm: A Prospect of England [various] doc/54m; cph: Nat Crosby, a.o.; for BBC2-tv (1977) |
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1977 |
Equal Pay... Today or Tomorrow [Steve Morrison] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action' |
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1977 |
The Life and Death of Steve Biko [Malcolm Clarke & Michael Ryan] doc/30m; cph: George Turner & Arthur Rowell; ep series 'World in Action' |
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1977 |
The South African Experience [ep 'The Search for Sandra Laing' (53m) & 'Six Days in Soweto' (55m) dir by Antony Thomas] 4-part doc series |
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1977 |
After Noon [John Rhodes] doc/25m; cph: Roy Pointer |
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1978 |
Ritz [Karin Altmann] doc/35m; cph: Colin Barratt; ep 6-part series 'Take Six' |
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1978 |
Who Zat Kid? [Angela Pope] doc/75m |
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1979 |
No, Mama, No [Roland Joffé] tvm |
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1979 |
The Rise and Fall of the Single Play...? [Gerry Harrison] doc/60m; ep LWT series 'The South Bank Show' |
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1979 |
Fox [Jim Goddard] 13-part series, 1980 |
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1979 |
Beats of the Heart [ep 'Konkombe - Nigerian Music' dir by Jeremy Marre] doc/52m; 14-part mus doc series; cph: Nicholas Beeks-Sanders |
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1980 |
Cream in My Coffee [Gavin Millar] tvm |
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1980 |
Sunshine's On the Way [Robert Mandel] tvm/47m/16mm; ep series 'NBC Special Treat' |
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1982 |
The Muria [Chris Curling] doc/49m/16mm; ep BBC-tv series 'Worlds Apart' |
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1982 |
Behind Enemy Lines/92 Grosvenor Street/Undercover O.S.S. [Sheldon Larry] pilot |
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1982 |
Der Narr von Wien/The Fool from Vienna [John Goldschmidt] tvm |
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1982 |
The Boy Who Won the Pools [Roger Tucker] 10-part children's series, 1983 |
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1983 |
Kennedy [Jim Goddard] 3-part miniseries |
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1983 |
A Pattern of Roses [Lawrence Gordon Clark] tvm/65m |
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1983 |
Sharma and Beyond [Brian Gilbert] tvm; ep Channel 4 series 'First Love' |
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1984 |
A Woman of Substance [Don Sharp] 3-part miniseries |
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1984 |
Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil [Jim Goddard] tvm; also released theatrically |
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1987 |
Dogplant [Joe Fordham] tvm/4m; ep (1990) Channel 4 series 'Four Minutes', 1986 & 1990 |
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1987 |
Escape from Sobibor [Jack Gold] tvm |
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1987 |
If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium [Bob Sweeney] tvm |
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1987 |
A Very British Coup [Mick Jackson] 3-part miniseries |
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1988 |
Head Girl [Jillo Waddington] tvm/4m; ep (1990) Channel 4 series 'Four Minutes' |
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1988 |
Three of a Kind [Herbert Wise] series |
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1989 |
The Nightmare Years [Anthony Page] 4-part miniseries |
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1989 |
The Manageress [Christopher King] 12-part series, 1989 & 1990; 2nd series (6 ep), 1990 |
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1989 |
Jeeves and Wooster [ep #1 dir by Robert Young] 23-part series, 1990-93; 1st series, 1990 (5 ep); other ph: Peter Jessop |
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1990 |
A Perfect Hero [James Cellan Jones] 6-part miniseries |
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1990 |
Jeeves and Wooster [6 ep dir by Simon Langton] 2nd series, 1991 (6 ep); see 1989 |
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1991 |
The Camomile Lawn [Peter Hall] 4-part miniseries (repeat in 1993 was in 5 parts) |
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1991 |
Blood and Dust/Les croisades/De terre et de sang [Jim Goddard] 2-part tvm |
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1991 |
Rides [various] 12-part series, 1992 & 1993; 2uc: John Boulter |
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1992 |
Jeeves and Wooster [6 ep dir by Ferdinand Fairfax] 4th series, 1993 (6 ep); see 1989 |
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1993 |
Grushko [Tony Smith] 3-part miniseries |
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1993 |
In Suspicious Circumstances [ep (2 seg: 'To Encourage the Others' & 'Have a Drink On Me') dir by David Darlow] series, 1991-96 |
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1994 |
Lie Down with Lions/Red Eagle [Jim Goddard] 2-part tvm; Paris unit ph; ph: Eduard van der Enden |
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1994 |
Against All Odds [ep 'Snatched' dir by Nick Shearman] tvm/55m; ep 5-part BBC-tv series |
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1994 |
King of Hearts [Christopher Rawlence] opera/60m; ep 6-part Channel 4 opera series, 1994 & 1995 |
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1995 |
Isabel Allende: An Extraordinary Life [Mischa Scorer] doc/51; for BBC-tv & Films for the Humanities |
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1995 |
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood [ep #1 'Where It All Began' & #6 'End of an Era' dir by David Gill & Kevin Brownlow] 6-part doc series/b&w-c; other ph: Olivier Petitjean, Ulf Simonsson, a.o. |
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1995 |
[P.G. Wodehouse's:] Heavy Weather [Jack Gold] tvm |
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1996 |
Degas: The Old Man Mad About Art [Mischa Scorer] doc/50m; ep BBC-tv series 'Omnibus' |
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1996 |
Stone, Scissors, Paper [Stephen Whittaker] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
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1996 |
Cyberspace [Lawrence Moore] 3-part doc series; for ITV |
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1997 |
Mark Tully's Faces of India [Jonathan Stedall] 5-part doc series; for Channel 4 |
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1997 |
Big Women [Renny Rye] 4-part miniseries |
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1997 |
The House of Angelo [Jim Goddard] tvm |
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1998 |
Where the Heart Is [various] series/16mm, 1997-present; 3rd season, 1999; other ph: Steve Saunderson |
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1998 |
Shooting the Past [Stephen Poliakoff] 3-part miniseries; cph: Bruno de Keyzer; repeat was in 2 parts |
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1998 |
Gimme Gimme Gimme [5 ep dir by Liddy Oldroyd] 19-part (+ 1 special) series, 1999-2001; other ph: Andy Hollis; for BBC-tv |
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1999 |
The Strangerers [ep #1 'Space Cadets' dir by Liddy Oldroyd & #7 'The Streets of Laredo' dir by Nick Wood] 10-part series, 2000; addph: Howard Smith ('Space Cadets'); other ph: Andrew Newell |
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2000 |
Macbeth [Gregory Doran] tvm/DigiBeta |
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2001 |
Linda Green [various] 20-part series, 2001-02 |
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2001 |
Holby City [ep #82 'Change of Heart' dir by Keith Boak] series/DigiBeta, 1999-present; 4th season, 2001-02; other ph: Ian Punter, John Record, a.o.; for BBC-tv |
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2003 |
Sea of Souls [ep #1 (2-part) 'Possession' dir by James Hawes, #2 (2-part) 'Shades of Evil' dir by Nick Willing & #3 (2-part) 'Voodoo Nights' dir by Richards Laxton] 20-part series, 2004-07; 1st season, 2004 |
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2004 |
Doctor Who [13 ep dir by Keith Boak, James Hawes, a.o.] series/DigiBeta, 2005-present; 1st season, 2005 (13 ep); original series, 1963-1996; for BBC-tv |
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2005 |
Holby City [ep #262 'All the Perfumes of Arabia' dir by Steve Finn (SF) & #263 'Days of Repentance' dir by SF] 7th season, 2004-05; see 2001 |
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2005 |
Doctor Who [ep #14 'The Christmas Invasion' dir by James Hawes] Christmas special/59m; see 2004 |
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2005 |
Doctor Who [ep #15 'New Earth' dir by James Hawes (JH), #17 'School Reunion' dir by JH, #19 'Rise of the Cybermen' dir by Graeme Harper (GH), #20 'The Age of Steel' dir by GH, #22 'The Impossible Planet' dir by James Strong (JS), #23 'The Satan Pit' dir by JS, #26 'Army of Ghosts' dir by GH & #27 'Doomsday' dir by GH] 2nd season, 2006 (13 ep); other ph: Rory Taylor; see 2004 |
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2006 |
Holby City [ep #311 'Better the Devil You Know' dir by John Greening (JG) & #312 'Star Maker' dir by JG] 8th season, 2005-06; see 2001 |
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2006 |
Holby City [7 ep dir by various] 9th season, 2006-07; see 2001 |
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2006 |
Doctor Who [7 ep dir by various] 3rd season, 2007 (13 ep); other ph: Rory Taylor; see 2004 |
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2007 |
Holby City [5 ep dir by various] 10th season, 2007-08; see 2001 |
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2007 |
Doctor Who [ep #43 'Voyage of the Damned' dir by James Strong] Christmas special/72m; see 2004 |
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2007 |
Doctor Who [6 ep dir by various] 4th season, 2008 (13 ep); other ph: Rory Taylor; see 2004 |
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2008 |
Doctor Who [ep #57 'The Next Doctor' dir by Andy Goddard] Christmas special/60m; see 2004 |
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2008 |
Robin Hood [various] 39-part series/HD, 2006-09; 3rd season, 2009 (13 ep) |
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2009 |
Waterloo Road [ep #63-64 dir by Tim Hopewell, #67-68 dir by Jill Robertson & #71-72 dir by Matthew Evans] series, 2006-present; 5th season, 2009-10 |
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2009 |
Doctor Who [ep #59 'The Waters of Mars' dir by Graeme Harper] aired November/62m; see 2004 |
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2009 |
Holby City [ep #488 'Stop All the Clocks' dir by Robert Bierman (RB) & #489 'Promises' dir by RB] 12th season, 2009-10; see 2001 |
TELEVISION AS DIRECTOR |
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1979 |
Henry Intervening [tvm/35m] ph: John McGlashan; ep BBC-tv series 'Première' |