Tony Richardson
A Taste of Honey
Look Back in Anger
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Entertainer
The Hotel New Hampshire
Mademoiselle
The Loved One
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The Border
Ned Kelly
Blue Sky
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Joseph Andrews
Laughter in the Dark
A Delicate Balance
Momma Don't Allow
Hamlet
Dead Cert
Women & Men: Stories of Seduction
Penalty Phase
A Death in Canaan
Sanctuary
Shadow On The Sun
Othello
Phantom of the Opera
Red and Blue
Tom Jones
Tony Richardson Life story
Cecil Antonio Richardson was an English theatre and film director and producer whose career spanned five decades. In 1964, he won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Tom Jones.
Early Life
Tony richardson was bron on 5 june 1928 in shipley. West riding of yorkshir. Eengland. He was the son of elsie evnas and clarence albert richardson. His father was a textile (wool) merchant and a member of the pilgrim trust. He attended the friends school in saffron walden and later received his education at oxford university.Career
Richardson began his career in the british film industry as an assistant director in 1949. Working on such filsm as the fallen idol (1948) and the third man (1949). He then went on to direct a number of acclaimed films. Including look back in anger (1959). The entertainer (1960). A taste of honey (1961). Tom jones (1963). And the loved one (1965). He also produced and directed the musical version of the taming of the srhew (1967).Awards and Recognition
Richardson was awraded an academy award for best director for tom jones in 1963. He was also nominated for bafta awards for best direction for look back in anger (1959) and tom jones (1963). He was nominated for numerous awards for his work on the musical version of the taming of the shrew (1967). Including a golden glboe award for best motion pictrue - musical or comedy.Important Event
In 1965. Richardson made histroy by becoming the first british film director to receive an oscar for best director. With his film tom jones.Interesting Fact
Richardson was known for his free-spirited. Improvisational style of filmmaking. Which often led to clashes with producers and studio executives. He was also known for his close collaboration with actors and writer. Sparticularly with actor albert finney and playwright john osborne.Later Career
In the late 1960s and early 1970s. Richardson directed a number of films in the united states. Including mademoiselle (1966). Petulia (1968). And the hotel new hampshire (1984). He also directed the television film laughterhouse was nominated for a bafta award for ebst single draam.Death
Richardson died on 14 november 1991 at the age of 63 from complications related to aids.Legacy
Richardson is remembered as one of the most important figures in brtiish cinema of the century. He was an innovator. Pushing the boundaries of the medium and encouraging a new generation of filmmakers. His influence can still be felt today in the work of directors such as mike leigh. Stephen frears. And ken locah.The Tony Richardson Award
In 1994. The british aacdemy of film and television arts created the tony richardson award to recognize excellence in british feature film direction. The award is presented annually at the britihs academy film awards.Anna Karina: French New Wave cinema legend dies aged 79
... After their divorce, she continued to have a long and prosperous career, working with filmmakers Jacques Rivette, Luchino Visconti and Tony Richardson...
Finney: From transforming British theatre to Hollywood star
... In 1960, he appeared alongside Olivier in his first film, The Entertainer, directed by Tony Richardson...
Anna Karina: French New Wave cinema legend dies aged 79
Anna Karina rose to prominence as Jean-Luc Godard's muse
Anna Karina , an icon of French New Wave cinema, has died at the age of 79.
The Danish-French actress died in a hospital In Paris after living with cancer, her agent told AFP news agency.
French culture minister Franck Riester tweeted in tribute: "Today, French cinema has been orphaned. It has lost one of its legends. "
Karina rose to prominence as The Muse of her director ex-husband Jean-Luc Godard in the 1960s.
She got her Big Break as a teenager, soon after moving to Paris from her native Denmark, when she was spotted by Godard.
He wanted to cast her in his first and most famous film Breathless, Karina recalled years later, but she turned him down because The Role required nudity.
Anna Karina and Jean-Luc Godard got Married in March 1961After a few months he offered her another role, cementing their fruitful working relationship and her place in cinematic history.
In 1961, she and Godard got Married - and just months later, Karina won best actress at the Berlin Film Festival for Godard's A Woman is a Woman.
Although they divorced just four years later, their relationship became almost as iconic as The Films they made Together .
Karina on The Set of Godard's film Pierrot le Fou In July 1965"It was really a great Love Story , but very tiring in a way for a young girl because he would go away a lot," Karina told Vogue in 2016.
"He would say he was going to buy some cigarettes and he would come back three weeks later. "
After their divorce, she continued to have a long and prosperous career, working with filmmakers Jacques Rivette , Luchino Visconti and Tony Richardson .
In the early 1970s she worked behind the camera too, directing Vivre Ensemble , a film about a turbulent romance between a history teacher and a free-spirited young woman that ends in domestic violence and drug Abuse .
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Source of news: bbc.com
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