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[Right] with dir Peter Howitt "Johnny English" [2002] |
[Right/looking through lens] - "Scoop" [2005] |
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REMI ADEFARASIN BSC |
Born: 2 February 1948, London, UK.
Education: Harrow Art School [Photography & Filmmaking].
Career: Started his career as camera trainee at BBC-tv's Ealing Studios.
Ph commercials dir by Samuel Abrahams, Jeff Thomas, a.o.
Was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire [OBE] in the 2012 New Year Honors for services to television and film.
His sons Rene [1976-], Ben and John are c.asst.
Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].
Awards: BAFTA TV Award nom [1989] for 'Christabel'; BAFTA TV Award nom [1993] for 'Memento Mori'; BAFTA Film Award [1999], BSC Award [1999], 'Oscar' AA nom [1999], ASC Award nom [1999], Camerimage 'Golden Frog' Award [1999] & CFCA Award nom [1999] for 'Elizabeth'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [2000] for 'Onegin'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2002] for 'Band of Brothers' ['Part 8: The Last Patrol']; 'Emmy' Award nom [2010] for 'The Pacific' [ep #5].
'Band of Brothers': Remi Adefarasin and Joel Ransom viewed each other's dailies. "We did a lot of talking during prep and both hoped to go down the same road," Adefarasin says, "but the scripts were by different writers with different directors and each story had a different slant. I felt each episode should have a different look as long as there is some consistency. Look at those documentaries made during the war by hundreds of different cameramen. It's still World War II." Honesty was the watchword for Adefarasin. "We wanted it to look as if a modern documentary team had dropped into the war zone and covered events as they were unfolding," he says. "We limited crane shots and other devices that distance the audience from the feeling that it is actually happening. I used color correction filters but hardly anything else on the lenses. The directors, my operators [Martin Kenzie and Alan Stewart] and I viewed hours of documentary footage and read books documenting the war to prepare. Some of the most memorable moments come during a spectacular event that we witness through a single person's plight." Like Ransom, Adefarasin gave careful consideration to framing epic events for display on television screens. "We tried hard not to get too close and lose body language," he says. "We saved close-ups for special moments." [From KODAK InCamera website, October 2001.]
FILMS |
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1976 |
Sports et divertissements [Leszek Burzynski] b&w; mus short/15m |
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1990 |
Truly, Madly, Deeply/Cello [Anthony Minghella] c; vfx cons: Ian Legg; originally made as a tvm |
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1993 |
Captives [Angela Pope] c; 2uc: Peter Chapman; originally made as a tvm |
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1995 |
Hollow Reed/Believe Me [Angela Pope] c |
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1995 |
The English Patient [Anthony Minghella] c; 2uc; ph: John Seale |
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1997 |
Sliding Doors [Peter Howitt] c |
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1997 |
Elizabeth [: The Virgin Queen] [Shekhar Kapur] c |
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1998 |
Onegin [Martha Fiennes] c |
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1999 |
The House of Mirth [Terence Davies] Hawk Scope/c |
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1999 |
Unconditional Love/Who Shot Victor Fox? [P.J. Hogan] p/c; 2u addph: Alan Stewart; aph: John Trapman |
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2001 |
About a Boy [Chris & Paul Weitz] s35/c |
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2001 |
The One and Only [Simon Cellan Jones] c |
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2002 |
Johnny English [Peter Howitt] c; 2uc: John Daly; aph: Adam Dale |
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2003 |
The Haunted Mansion [Rob Minkoff] s35/c; addph: David Seekins; aph: Ralph Mendoza |
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2004 |
In Good Company/Synergy [Paul Weitz] c |
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2004 |
Match Point [Woody Allen] c |
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2005 |
Scoop [Woody Allen] c |
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2005 |
Amazing Grace [Michael Apted] c; 2uc: Martin Kenzie |
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2006 |
Elizabeth: The Golden Age [Shekhar Kapur] s35-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (+ 2ud): Alan Stewart; 2u addph: David Katznelson; uwph: Mark Silk; spec pfx: Chris Emposimato |
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2006 |
Fred Claus [David Dobkin] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc UK (+ 2ud): Shaun O'Dell; 2uc Chicago: Michael Kohnhorst; 3uc UK (+ c.op): Alan Stewart; aph 2u Chicago: David B. Nowell |
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2009 |
Cemetery Junction [Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant] s35/c |
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2009 |
Little Fockers/Meet the Fockers Sequel [Paul Weitz] s35-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; addph: Oliver Wood |
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2010 |
The Cold Light of Day [Mabrouk El Mechri] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Daniel Aranyó; aph: Steven Desbrow |
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2012 |
Molly Moon: The Incredible Hypnotist [Christopher N. Rowley] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus & Studio)/c; 2uc: Alan Stewart; addph: Daniel Bronks |
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TELEVISION |
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1973 |
Parents and Children [ep 'Toys in Perspective' prod by Eurfron Gwynne Jones] doc series for BBC-tv; cph: Bill Matthews |
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1977 |
Blasphemy at the Old Bailey [Hugh David] dram doc/75m; co-courtroom ph: Fintan Sheehan; doc ph: Keith Hopper & John Baker; ep BBC-tv series 'Everyman' |
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1979 |
The New Zimbabwe [prod: Ben Shephard] doc/50m; ep BBC2-tv series 'Chronicle' (1980) |
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1980 |
The British Greats [Margaret Sharp] 5-part doc series for BBC-tv; cph: Brian Jones |
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1980 |
Hi-De-Hi! [ep #1 'Desire in the Mickey Mouse Grotto' dir by John Kilby] pilot 'Hey Diddle Diddle' (1980; filmed 1979) + 57-part series, 1981-88; 1st season, 1981 (6 ep) |
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1980 |
Grown-Ups [Mike Leigh] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Playhouse' |
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1980 |
Grange Hill [ep #4.12 'The French Trip' dir by Colin Cant] 601-part BBC-tv series, 1978-2008; 4th season, 1980-81 |
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1981 |
Home Sweet Home [Mike Leigh] tvm; ep #270 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today' |
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1981 |
The Guest [Paul Bamborough] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Playhouse' |
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1982 |
Mike Leigh Making Plays [prod: Alan Yentob] doc/81m; ep BBC-tv series 'Arena' |
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1982 |
Eliza Doolittle Goes to Bombay [prod: Julian Cooper] doc/50m; ep BBC-tv series 'The World About Us' |
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1982 |
Racism - The Fourth R [made by the All London Teachers Against Racism and Fascism] doc/30m; ep BBC-tv series 'Open Door' |
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1982 |
The File on Jill Hatch [Alastair Reid] 3-part miniseries (1983); ph UK; ph USA: Mike Fash |
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1982 |
Jury [various] 13-part series; ph film inserts |
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1982 |
Doctor Who [ep #598-601 'Terminus' dir by Mary Ridge & #606-607 'The King's Demons' dir by Tony Virgo] 700-part series, 1963-89; 20th season, 1983 |
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1983 |
Stan's Last Game [Gavin Millar] tvm/63m; ep #292 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today' |
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1983 |
Under the Hammer [Richard Wilson] tvm; ep #299 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today' |
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1983 |
The Case of the Frightened Lady [Christopher Menaul] tvm |
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1983 |
Amy [Nat Crosby] tvm |
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1984 |
Life Power [ep 'Biology Becomes Big Business' & 'The Chemistry of Life' dir by Paul Simons] doc series for BBC-tv |
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1984 |
Four Days in July [Mike Leigh] tvm |
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1985 |
The December Rose [Renny Rye] 6-part series, 1986 |
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1985 |
Henry Moore [presenter: John Read; prod: Rosemary Bowen-Jones] doc/b&w-c/50m; archive ph: Walter Lassally, Henry Farrar, Peter Hall, a.o.; ep BBC2-tv series 'Arena' (1986) |
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1986 |
Bergerac [ep #46 'Thanks for Everything' dir by Richard Bramall] 87-part series, 1981-91; 5th season, 1987; cph: Jon Keeping |
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1986 |
Shiftwork [Angela Pope] tvm; ep BBC2-tv series 'Screenplay' |
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1986 |
Shoot for the Sun [Ian Knox] tvm |
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1986 |
Murder on the Bluebell Line [John Lynch] doc/?m; ep BBC-tv series 'Q.E.D.' (1987) |
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1986 |
Dennis Potter [prod: Anthony Wall] interview/61m; ep BBC2-tv series 'Arena' (1987) |
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1987 |
Dead Lucky [Barbara Rennie] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
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1987 |
Sweet as You Are [Angela Pope] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
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1987 |
Love After Lunch [Edward Bennett] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Sunday Premiere' |
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1987 |
Shadow On the Earth [Chris Bernard] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
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1987 |
The Other Graham Greene [Nigel Finch] doc/60m; ep BBC2-tv series 'Arena' |
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1987 |
Thinking [James Burge] doc/50m; ep BBC2-tv series 'Horizon' (1988) |
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1988 |
Christabel [Adrian Shergold] 5-part miniseries; also feature version (148m) |
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1988 |
Release [Mark Anthony-Turnage & Philip Bonham-Carter] mus short/45m; ep 4-part BBC-tv series 'Sound on Film' |
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1988 |
Dream Baby [Angela Pope] tvm |
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1989 |
Testimony of a Child [Peter Smith] tvm; ep BBC2-tv series 'Screenplay' |
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1989 |
Summer's Lease [Martyn Friend] 4-part miniseries; in USA ep PBS-tv series 'Masterpiece Theatre' |
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1989 |
Children Crossing [Angela Pope] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
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1990 |
Land of Dreams [Diarmuid Lawrence] tvm; ep BBC2-tv series 'Screenplay' |
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1990 |
News Hounds [Les Blair] tvm/16mm;ep BBC-tv series 'Screen One' |
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1990 |
Hallelujah Anyhow [Matthew Jacobs] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
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1991 |
Sleepers [Geoffrey Sax] 4-part miniseries |
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1991 |
The Lost Language of Cranes [Nigel Finch] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
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1991 |
Goodbye Cruel World [Adrian Shergold] 3-part miniseries |
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1991 |
Memento Mori [Jack Clayton] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
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1992 |
Bitter Harvest [Simon Cellan Jones] tvm; ep BBC2-tv series 'Screenplay' |
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1992 |
The Machine That Changed the World [ep #1 'Giant Brains' dir by Fiona Holmes, #3 'The Paperback Computer' dir by Jon Palfreman & Robert Hone & #4 'The Thinking Machine' dir by Jon Palfreman] 5-part doc series; ph dram seq; cph: Richard Adam (#1), Andy Elliott (#1), Peter Hoving (#1, 3 & 4), Michael Chin (#3 & 4) & Brian Dowley (#3 & 4) |
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1992 |
Black and White in Colour: Television, Memory, Race [Isaac Julien] 2-part doc for BBC2/b&w-c/2x 58m; 2 parts: '1936-1968' & '1968-1992' |
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1992 |
The Hummingbird Tree [Noella Smith] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen One' |
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1992 |
Great Moments in Aviation/Shades of Fear [Beeban Kidron] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
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1992 |
Chef! [ep #1 'Personnel', #2 'Beyond the Pass', #3 'Subject to Contract', #4 'The Big Cheese', #5 'Fame Is the Spur' & #6 'Rice and Peas' dir by John Birkin] 20-part (incl 1 special) series, 1993-96; 1st season, 1993 |
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1993 |
Wide Eyed and Legless/The Wedding Gift [Richard Loncraine] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen One' |
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1993 |
Money for Nothing/Hot Millions [Michael Ockrent] tvm/16mm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen One' |
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1993 |
Midnight Movie [Renny Rye] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
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1994 |
The Fast Show/Brilliant! [ep #1-6 dir by Arch Dyson] 25-part sketch show, 1994-2000; 1st season; for BBC-tv |
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1994 |
The Buccaneers [Philip Saville] 5-part miniseries; in USA 3-part ep PBS-tv series 'Masterpiece Theatre' |
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1994 |
Into the Fire [Jane Howell] 3-part miniseries |
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1995 |
Rock & Roll/Dancing in the Street - A Rock and Roll History [ep (UK: #7) 'The Wild Side/Hang on to Yourself' dir by Hugh Thomson] 10-part (x 60m) mus doc series/b&w-c; cph: Robert Payton & Ian Salvage; for PBS-tv (1995) & BBC2 (1996) |
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1995 |
Cold Lazarus [Renny Rye] 4-part miniseries |
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1996 |
Human Bomb [Anthony Page] tvm |
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1996 |
[Jane Austen's] Emma [Diarmuid Lawrence] tvm |
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1997 |
The Ebb-Tide [Nicholas Renton] tvm |
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1999 |
Arabian Nights [Steve Barron] 2-part tvm; 2uc: John Ignatius |
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2000 |
Band of Brothers [ep #2 'Day of Days' dir by Richard Loncraine, #5 'Crossroads' dir by Tom Hanks, #6 'Bastogne' dir by David Leland, #8 'The Last Patrol' dir by Tony To & #9 'Why We Fight' dir by David Frankel] 10-part miniseries/35mm+HD (interv seg)-to-dv, 2001; other ph: Joel Ransom (5 ep) |
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2007 |
The Pacific [ep #1 'Guadalcanal/Leckie' dir by Tim Van Patten (TVP), #2 'Basilone' dir by David Nutter, #5 'Peleliu Landing' dir by Carl Franklin, #6 'Peleliu Airfield' dir by Tony To & #7 'Peleliu Hills' dir by TVP] 10-part miniseries/HD+s35-to-HD (1.78:1); other ph: Stephen F. Windon (5 ep); vfx ph: Richard Chapelle |
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TELEVISION AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR |
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1968 |
The Borderers [various; series] c.asst; ph: Alan Jonas |
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1969 |
Happy [Marc Miller; tvm] c.asst; ph: Alan Jonas |
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1970 |
The Roads to Freedom [James Cellan Jones; series] c.asst; ph: John McGlashan |
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1971 |
The Runaway Summer [Mary Ridge; miniseries] c.asst; ph: Bill Matthews |
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1972 |
Fish [Anna Home; children's miniseries] c.op; ph: Bill Matthews |
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1973 |
Wessex Tales [ep 'An Imaginative Woman' dir by Gavin Millar; series] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1973 |
Parents and Children [ep 'Talking Pictures' prod by Eurfron Gwynne Jones & Rodney Bennett; doc series] c.asst; ph: Bill Matthews |
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1974 |
Steven [Brian Parker; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1974 |
Dial M for Murder [ep #3 'The Vineyard' dir by Gerald Blake; series] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1974 |
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil [John Mackenzie; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1974 |
Robinson Crusoe [James MacTaggart; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1974 |
The Enemy Within [Les Blair; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1974 |
Sunset Across the Bay [Stephen Frears; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1975 |
The Evacuees [Alan Parker; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1975 |
The Five-Minute Films [Mike Leigh; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1975 |
Daft As a Brush [Stephen Frears; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1975 |
Three Men in a Boat [Stephen Frears; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1975 |
Moll Flanders [Donald McWhinnie; 2-part tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1976 |
Play Things [Stephen Frears; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1976 |
Rogue Male [Clive Donner; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1976 |
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape [Clive Rees; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
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1977 |
The Price of Coal [Ken Loach; 2-part tvm]; c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |