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Sheila Whitaker

Sheila Whitaker was a former head of programming at the National Film Theatre and director of the London Film Festival. She died in 2013. Read her obituary

January 2024

  • Jewison<br>Toronto-born director and co-producer Norman Jewison is shown during filming of "Moonstruck" in Toronto, Canada, in Jan. 1988. (AP Photo)

    Norman Jewison obituary

    Director best known for In the Heat of the Night, who saw film not only as entertainment but as a vehicle to confront racism and other socio-political issues

May 2018

  • The range of films Anne V Coates worked on was extraordinary.

    Anne V Coates obituary

    Prolific film editor who won an Oscar for her work on Lawrence of Arabia

February 2018

  • Julie Walters and Michael Caine in a scene from Educating Rita, 1983, directed by Lewis Gilbert.

    Lewis Gilbert obituary

    Film director whose long and varied career produced hits including Alfie and Educating Rita

February 2016

  • Douglas Slocombe.

    Douglas Slocombe obituary

    Leading British cinematographer who worked on some of the classic Ealing films and Hollywood blockbusters such as Raiders of the Lost Ark

January 2014

  • Saul Zaentz in 1997

    Saul Zaentz obituary

    Oscar-winning film producer behind One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus and The English Patient

December 2013

  • Jean Kent and Michael Redgrave in The Browning Version, 1951.

    Jean Kent obituary

    Popular stalwart of film classics such as The Browning Version and Fanny By Gaslight

May 2013

  • Ray?Harryhausen obituary

    Special effects master on fantasy films including Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans

September 2010

  • bonnie and clyde

    Arthur Penn obituary

    American director best known for Bonnie and Clyde, he focused on disillusioned outsiders

July 2008

  • Youssef Chahine

    Obituary: Egyptian film-maker who championed nationalism and Arab concerns with an independent eye

February 2008

  • James Quinn

    Obituary: The head of the BFI, with a vital role in the preservation of film culture in the UK

June 2007

  • Ousmane Sembene

  • Ousmane Sembene

March 2007

  • Freddie Francis

  • Freddie Francis

January 2007

  • Andi Engel

    Obituary: Pioneering distributor who brought a generation of foreign film classics to Britain.

October 2006

  • SPCL<br>Gillo Pontecorvo. SPECIAL THE GUARDIAN ITA98 - 20010626 - ROME, ITALY: A filer dated 27 August 1996 shows the director Gillo Pontecorvo in Venezia Lido during the Venice film festival. EPA PHOTO/ANSA/CLAUDIO ORNATI/OW

    Gillo Pontecorvo obituary

    Obituary: Italian director best known for The Battle of Algiers, a classic work on the struggle for liberation from the French.

November 2004

  • Howard Keel

    Obituary: Singer with a winning smile who stood up to JR.

July 2004

  • The?show goes on - even when the projector is confiscated

    Sheila Whitaker on the Ramallah Film Festival

January 2003

  • Anthony Havelock-Allan

    Behind-the-scenes allrounder in the great days of British cinema.

July 2002

  • Katy Jurado in 1994

    Katy Jurado

    She led the Mexican wave of actors into Hollywood

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