5616 x 3744 px | 47,5 x 31,7 cm | 18,7 x 12,5 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
2011
Lieu:
John Krish (born December 4, 1923) is a British screenwriter and film director. London, UK.
Informations supplémentaires:
According to Screenonline;- John Krish born in 1923 in London, he worked as a director, and often also a writer, in a huge variety of genres: fiction feature films (the science fiction film Unearthly Stranger (1963) was arguably the best); television programmes (he directed the famously stylish opening credits for The Avengers, ITV, 1961-69); and numerous advertisements and public safety 'fillers'. However, much of his most distinctive work was in documentary, and his career yields fascinating insights into the process by which most film documentary of the time made its way to the screen: to convey a message for its sponsors, whether official, commercial or independent. Krish's roots in British documentary certainly ran deep: he was assistant editor at the Crown Film Unit - working with such talents as Humphrey Jennings and editor Stewart McAllister, for instance as uncredited assistant on Listen to Britain (1942) - and later worked with Richard Massingham. Then as a writer-director from 1948 to 1985, Krish directed shorts for a large number of the organisations involved in film sponsorship. Examples include British Transport Films (This Year - London, 1951); the National Coal Board (several Mining Review stories); the General Post Office (Counterpoint, 1959); the National Union of Teachers (Our School, 1962); various charities (They Took Us To The Sea, 1961, for the NSPCC); and the Central Office of Information, on behalf of several government departments (H.M.P., 1977). At their best, Krish's films transcended their highly specific origins, and remain fresh, moving and - all too often - socially relevant today. Patrick Russell
