My Details

Current Work Details

1981-1981: BBC,
Network 'A' Producer Training Course, I was awarded a career as a news and current affairs producer.

Films I wish I had made: You would run out of space...
I cried watching: Any film that engages with me emotionally and makes me very sad or very, very happy.
I left the cinema during: It has never happened.
Directors I love: The Italian neo-realists, the British new cinema movement, Satyajit Ray, David Lean, Michael Powell
Actors I admire: For screen prescence and subtlety - Michael Cain; For the sheer animal and pugnacity in him - Bob Hoskins; For eloquence - Judy Dench; For screen warmth and screen surprises - Julie Walters
My desert island discs: The duet from "The Pearl Fishers"
Books I have given my friends: How to Fund Your Film - THE UK FILM FINANCE HANDBOOK
My death row meal: Thai green curry
The best thing I own: My home home cinema, with DTS, Blu-ray player and DVD collection; beats watching TV any day!!
More about me: I saw King Kong as a boy - I was hooked and have been ever since....

Joined: 27/7/2004
Recent Bulletin Posts: 5/2/2010 Articles: BENS BLOG HITS THE BIG TIME
28/11/2009 Article
26/11/2009 REVIEW/REVUE
17/8/2009 Shooting With Mobile Phone Cameras
29/7/2009 A - Funding My No-Lo Budget Feature Film
23/7/2009 Stolen Cameras
19/5/2009 Production and Financing Proposal
14/4/2009 Open Secret to screen on UK community channel
13/4/2009 SHOOTER FILMS SPECIAL
13/4/2009 SHOOTER FILMS SPECIAL
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