Some Film Crew Whose Passing Went Unnoticed - Britmovie

JamesM · 07-01-2006, 06:26 PM

H. A. R. Thomson (1910-2003), camera operator

Camera operator who often worked with the Dearden/Relph team (Sapphire (1959), League of Gentleman (1960), Victim (1961) etc) and on Big Fella (1937), Odd Man Out (1946), the Doctor films, Norman Wisdon comedies, Where Eagles Dare (1968) and 11 Harrowhouse (1974), his later work being for second units. He was director of photography on The Naked Prey (1966) and No Blade of Grass (1970) both for director Cornel Wilde, who had given another long-time British camera operator, Cecil Cooney, an opportunity to be the director of photography on Beach Red (1967).

Guilio Zampi (1923-2003), film editor and producer

He served as editor on Mario Zampi's mystery thriller The Phantom Shot (1947) and other films of his, including Laughter In Paradise (1951) starring Alastair Sim and Top Secret (1952) starring George Cole. He later became a producer for Mario on the Terry-Thomas comedies The Naked Truth (1957) and Too Many Crooks. He would later produce the remake of Laughter in Paradise, Some Will, Some Won't (1969).

Peter Bezecenet (1914-2003), film editor

His career began with the Korda team in the 1930s. He edited films for a vairiety of people, Charles Crichton (The Divided Heart (1954), Floods of Fear (1959) and The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960)), Basil Dearden (The Square Ring (1953) and The Ship that Died of Shame (1955)), Harry Watt, Pat Jackson, Clive Donner and John Paddy Carstairs before directing a few b-movies himself in the 1960s as well as televsion series episodes (The Pursuers).

Frank Sherwin Green (1915-2003) production manager and later producer

He worked for Highbury Productons the 1940s. His films include That Pefect Woman (1949), Hotel Sahara (1951) and The Colditz Story (1955), Magus (1968) and Joseph Losey's Figure's in a Landscape (1970). He acted as associate producer on four Val Guest films in the 1960s (The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), 80,000 Suspects (1963), The Beauty Jumgle (1964) and Where Spies Are (1965), as well as for Ken Annakin's The Long Duel (1967) and Sidney Lumet's version of The Sea Gull (1968).

I am also investigating the possibility that John Pellatt may have also passed away in the same year. He was an assistant director for Powell and Pressburger on Oh Rosalinda (1955) and later for Powell on They're a Weird Mob (1966). He often worked for Launder and Gilliat. This is going on that there were four John Pellatts to have passed away between 1983 and 2003 in the UK. One of them, a John Stephen Pellatt, passed was born in 1920, as was the one I am looking for. John Pellatt did produce his final film in Australia in 1980 so it might be that he is living there.

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JamesM has no status. Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: London Posts: 1,413 Country: iTrader: (0)	H. A. R. Thomson (1910-2003), camera operator Camera operator who often worked with the Dearden/Relph team (Sapphire (1959), League of Gentleman (1960), Victim (1961) etc) and on Big Fella (1937), Odd Man Out (1946), the Doctor films, Norman Wisdon comedies, Where Eagles Dare (1968) and 11 Harrowhouse (1974), his later work being for second units. He was director of photography on The Naked Prey (1966) and No Blade of Grass (1970) both for director Cornel Wilde, who had given another long-time British camera operator, Cecil Cooney, an opportunity to be the director of photography on Beach Red (1967). Guilio Zampi (1923-2003), film editor and producer He served as editor on Mario Zampi's mystery thriller The Phantom Shot (1947) and other films of his, including Laughter In Paradise (1951) starring Alastair Sim and Top Secret (1952) starring George Cole. He later became a producer for Mario on the Terry-Thomas comedies The Naked Truth (1957) and Too Many Crooks. He would later produce the remake of Laughter in Paradise, Some Will, Some Won't (1969). Peter Bezecenet (1914-2003), film editor His career began with the Korda team in the 1930s. He edited films for a vairiety of people, Charles Crichton (The Divided Heart (1954), Floods of Fear (1959) and The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960)), Basil Dearden (The Square Ring (1953) and The Ship that Died of Shame (1955)), Harry Watt, Pat Jackson, Clive Donner and John Paddy Carstairs before directing a few b-movies himself in the 1960s as well as televsion series episodes (The Pursuers). Frank Sherwin Green (1915-2003) production manager and later producer He worked for Highbury Productons the 1940s. His films include That Pefect Woman (1949), Hotel Sahara (1951) and The Colditz Story (1955), Magus (1968) and Joseph Losey's Figure's in a Landscape (1970). He acted as associate producer on four Val Guest films in the 1960s (The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), 80,000 Suspects (1963), The Beauty Jumgle (1964) and Where Spies Are (1965), as well as for Ken Annakin's The Long Duel (1967) and Sidney Lumet's version of The Sea Gull (1968). I am also investigating the possibility that John Pellatt may have also passed away in the same year. He was an assistant director for Powell and Pressburger on Oh Rosalinda (1955) and later for Powell on They're a Weird Mob (1966). He often worked for Launder and Gilliat. This is going on that there were four John Pellatts to have passed away between 1983 and 2003 in the UK. One of them, a John Stephen Pellatt, passed was born in 1920, as was the one I am looking for. John Pellatt did produce his final film in Australia in 1980 so it might be that he is living there.