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A British filmmaker who, over the years, worked as assistant director, cinematographer, producer, writer and ultimately director, Ronald Neame was born on April 23, 1911. His father, Elwin Neame, was a film director and his mother, Ivy Close, was a film star. During the 1920s, he started working at famous Elstree Studios. One of his first jobs was assistant cameraman for Alfred Hitchcock on Blackmail (1929), the first talking picture made in England.
Neame became a cinematographer during the 1930s. In 1942, he and sound designer C.C. Stevens received a special effect Oscar nomination for One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942), a film by the Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger team. In 1944, after working together on In Which We Serve (1942), Neame, David Lean and producer Anthony Havelock-Allan formed a production company, Cineguild. The screenplays for its films Brief Encounter (1945) and Great Expectations (1946) received best writing Oscar nominations.
After a fall-out with Lean and the demise of Cineguild in 1947, Neame turned to directing with Take My Life (1947). As a director, he would be quite versatile, touching genres like comedy (The Promoter (1952), Hopscotch (1980)), psychological studies (The Chalk Garden (1964)), musical (Scrooge (1970)), thriller (The Odessa File (1974)) and even disaster movies (The Poseidon Adventure (1972), the one that started the trend, produced by Irwin Allen). Under Neame's guidance, Alec Guinness won the best actor trophee at the 1958 Venice festival for The Horse's Mouth (1958), a comedy based on a book adapted by Guinness himself. Two years later, John Mills received the same award for Tunes of Glory (1960), also directed by Neame. In 1969, Maggie Smith got her first Oscar for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) under Neame's direction, and in 1970, Albert Finney got his first Golden Globe for his role in Neame's "Scrooge".
In 1996, Neane was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition for his contributions to the film industry. In 2003, he published his autobiography, "Straight from the Horse's Mouth". Keeping up the family tradition, his son Christopher Neame is a movie producer and his grandson, Gareth Neame, works for the BBC. Ronald Neame died at age 99 of complications from a fall on June 16, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.- Marjie Lawrence was born on 21 January 1932 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for All the Fun of the Fair (1979), The Rainbow (1988) and Dixon of Dock Green (1955). She was married to Howard Greene. She died on 16 June 2010 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK.
- Joe B. Barton was born on 18 November 1955 in Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Slaughterhouse (1987), Blood Diner (1987) and Water Rats (1996). He died on 16 June 2010 in Missouri, USA.
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Maureen Forrester was born on 25 July 1930 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Alien: Resurrection (1997), Iolanthe (1984) and The Adventures of Tintin (1991). She was married to Eugene Kash. She died on 16 June 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Visual Effects
- Art Department
Steven Hodgson was born on 6 October 1959 in Bellshill, Scotland, UK. He is known for Vantage Point (2008), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) and Firewall (2006). He was married to Patricia. He died on 16 June 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
P.G. Viswambharan was born in 1947 in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He was a director and writer, known for Ee Sabdam Innathe Sabdam (1985), Kadathe (1981) and Sagaram Santham (1983). He died on 16 June 2010 in Kochi, Kerala, India.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Marc Gordon was an actor, known for It Takes a Thief (1968) and The Fifth Dimension Special: An Odyssey in the Cosmic Universe of Peter Max (1970). He died on 16 June 2010.- Sigrid Hausmann was born on 19 August 1923. She was an actress, known for Alle meine Tiere (1962), Zeitsperre (1965) and Der Forellenhof (1965). She died on 16 June 2010.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Corso Salani was born on 9 September 1961 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for Voci d'Europa (1989), Talsi: Confini d'Europa #4 (2007) and C'è un posto in Italia (2005). He died on 16 June 2010 in Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Garry Shider was born on 24 July 1953 in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Girl Next Door (2004) and Boomerang (1992). He was married to Linda. He died on 16 June 2010 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA.- Sound Department
Janusz Rosól was born on 26 November 1946. He is known for The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988), Syzyfowe prace (2000) and Mokry szmal (1986). He died on 16 June 2010 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.- Salvatore Foti was born on 25 November 1920 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Tony, l'altra faccia della Torino violenta (1980). He died on 16 June 2010 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Christopher Shiffrin was born on 24 September 1944. He was an actor, known for Channels (2008). He died on 16 June 2010 in the USA.
- Bill Dixon was born on 5 October 1925 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer, known for Wealth of a Nation (1966) and Imagine the Sound (1981). He died on 16 June 2010 in North Bennington, Vermont, USA.