Kevin Brownlow's interest in films dates back to his schooldays.He set out to be a film-maker at the age of 14, but his first love has always been film history. He has written several books on the subject of the silent film. Apart from a number of short documentaries, he has written, directed and produced two feature films with Andrew Mollo; 'It Happened Here' and 'Winstanley'.
Event Summary
The Jane Mercer Memorial Lecture with FOCAL International.
Kevin Brownlow's interest in films dates back to his schooldays.He set out to be a film-maker at the age of 14, but his first love has always been film history. He has written several books on the subject of the silent film. Apart from a number of short documentaries, he has written, directed and produced two feature films with Andrew Mollo; 'It Happened Here' and 'Winstanley'. He worked on the Thames Television series 'Hollywood' with David Gill and television portraits of Chaplin, Keaton, Griffith, and other giants from the silent era. Other projects championing silent cinema followed, notably the painstaking restoration of Abel Gance's Napoléon, first unveiled in 1980. The restoration of a major silent film went on for 19 years, first supported by Thames Television and then Channel 4..
Organiser details
This event is held jointly with FOCAL international in memory of Jane Mercer
Jane Mercer was passionate about the archive and content industries. She began her career with Associated Rediffusion Television, later working at the British Film Institute as Press Officer and in the 1970s moved into film research. During the course of her career she worked for all the UK major television companies and in the mid 1990s began teaching a short course at the National Film and Television School. This led her on to do similar work at the BBC, ITN, PACT (the Producers Alliance for Film and Television) and the European Documentary Network. Jane was Chair of FOCAL International 2000-2005, during which time she championed professional development and training. She received the FOCAL International Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. Jane's words sum up her passion and beliefs: 'I believe deeply and passionately in what FOCAL is and does and I think that the world of footage libraries and archives, unlike much of the media industry, has a community of aims and ideas and a generosity of spirit which makes working for it not only a great responsibility but also a huge pleasure'.
About FOCAL International
Founded in 1985, the Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International Ltd, is a not-for-profit professional trade association providing networking and marketing opportunities for content industry professionals and giving users easy access to over 300 members worldwide. It represents commercial film/audiovisual, stills and sound libraries as well as related industries such as facility houses, media lawyers, professional film researchers and producers working in the industry.
FOCAL is also a central point for all enquiries relating to the content and stock footage business, information, advice and contacts. Key services are the Footage Finder, Researcher Finder and Facility Finder.
Today FOCAL International has a membership of well over 300 archives, researchers and allied services on all six continents and is fully established as one of the leading voices of the industry.
FOCAL International holds regular seminars and workshops on a variety of industry related subjects, an annual Footage Training Week and Footage Fair and is represented at the leading international trade fairs such as, MIPTV, MIPCOM, Sunnyside of the Doc and the Broadcast Live Show in London. The FOCAL International Awards which are designed to promote the use of archive images in the creative media are held annually in May. Submissions are invited the previous September with a closing date at the end of the year in which a production has first been shown. www.focalint.org/focalawards.htm
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Speakers
Kevin Brownlow
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