Ronald Neame is a British film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter, and director. A cinematographer (from cinema photographer) is one photographing with a motion picture camera. ... In the entertainment industry, a producer is generally in charge of, or helps to coordinate, the financial, legal, administrative, technological, and artistic aspects of a production. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... Generally a director is a person or one of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a government agency, company, corporation, group or project. ...

He was born in London on April 23, 1911, the son of photographer Elwin Neame and actress Ivy Close. After completing his education at the University College School and Hurstpierpoint College, he drifted into the film industry, and his first professional credit was as an assistant on the Alfred Hitchcock film Blackmail (1929). The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... University College School entrance, Frognal, Hampstead University College School, known generally as UCS, is a leading Independent boys school in Hampstead in Northwest London. ... Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British film director closely associated with the suspense genre. ... See also: 1928 in film 1929 1930 in film 1920s in film 1930s in film years in film film Events The days of the silent film were numbered. ...

He began his career as a cinematographer with the musical comedy Happy (1933), and made his mark with such films as Major Barbara (1941), In Which We Serve (1942), and Blithe Spirit (1945). In 1947, he turned his attention to directing with Take My Life, a run-of-the-mill murder mystery, but from there he moved on to increasingly more notable films - The Card (1952) with Alec Guiness and Petula Clark; Tunes of Glory (1960) with Guinness and John Mills; the 1963 Judy Garland musical drama I Could Go on Singing; the adaptation of Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden (1964) with Deborah Kerr; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), with Maggie Smith's Academy Award-winning performance; Scrooge, the 1970 musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol; the 1972 disaster film The Poseidon Adventure; and the Supreme Court drama First Monday in October (1981). See also: 1932 in film 1933 1934 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. ... Major Barbara is a 1941 United Artists motion picture starring Wendy Hiller as Barbara Undershaft, Rex Harrison as Adolphus Cusins, Robert Morley as Andrew Undershaft, Robert Newton as Bill Walker, and Sybil Thorndike as The General, with Marie Lohr as Lady Britomart, and Deborah Kerr as Jenny Hill. ... See also: 1940 in film 1941 1942 in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films Sergeant York Buck Privates, starring Abbott and Costello Tobacco Road Academy Awards Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley - 20th Century-Fox Best Actor: Gary Cooper - Sergeant York Best Actress... In Which We Serve is a 1942 war film written and directed by, and starring, Noel Coward. ... See also: 1941 in film 1942 1943 in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour. ... Blithe Spirit (1941) is a comic play written by Noel Coward. ... See also: 1944 in film 1945 1946 in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring ghost named Casper With Rossellinis Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins. ... See also: 1946 in film 1947 1948 in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films North America The Best Years of Our Lives Duel in the Sun tie The Jolson Story, Forever Amber Unconquered Academy Awards Best Picture: Gentlemans Agreement - 20th Century-Fox Best... Petula Clark and Alec Guinness in the 1952 film The Card originated as a novel by Arnold Bennett. ... See also: 1951 in film 1952 1953 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events February 20 - The film The African Queen opens (Capitol Theater in New York City). ... The Swan Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 - August 5, 2000) was a British actor who became one of the most versatile and best loved performers of his generation. ... 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Enid Bagnold (October 27, 1889 – March 31, 1981) was a British author and playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet, filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor. ... The Chalk Garden is: A 1955 Broadway play produced by Irene M. Selznick. ... See also: 1963 in film 1964 1965 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events March 6 - Laura Jaes 14th motion picture, Kissin Cousins is released to theaters. ... Deborah Kerr (born September 30, 1921) is a Scottish film actress. ... The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel by Muriel Spark, first published in 1962. ... See also: 1968 in film 1969 1970 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Cannes Film Festival opens, but closes in support of a French general strike without awarding any prizes. ... Dame Maggie Smith in Gosford Park Dame Margaret Natalie Smith Cross, DBE, (born December 28, 1934 in Ilford, Essex), better known as Maggie Smith, is a British film, stage, and television actress. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Scrooge is the surname of Ebenezer Scrooge, a selfish and miserly character in the story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. ... Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr premieres in New York City. ... Ebenezer Scrooge encounters Ignorance and Want in A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a short story written by Charles Dickens. ... See also: 1971 in film 1972 1973 in film 1970s in film years in film film Top grossing films The Godfather Fiddler on the Roof Diamonds Are Forever Whats Up, Doc?, starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan ONeal Dirty Harry The Last Picture Show A Clockwork Orange Cabaret, starring... The Poseidon Adventure was a 1972 adventure movie based on a novel by Paul Gallico. ... 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As a producer, he was responsible for three classics of British cinema - Brief Encounter (1945) and Great Expectations (1946) - for which he wrote the screenplays - and Oliver Twist (1948) - among others. Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard Brief Encounter (1945) is a British film directed by David Lean starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. ... See also: 1944 in film 1945 1946 in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring ghost named Casper With Rossellinis Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins. ... Great Expectations is a Bildungsroman (a novel tracing the life of the protagonist) by Charles Dickens and first serialized in All the Year Round from December 1860 to August 1861. ... See also: 1945 in film 1946 1947 in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films North America The Bells of St. ... Oliver Twist is a novel by Charles Dickens, probably one of the best-known of all his works, along with A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations. ... See also: 1947 in film 1948 1949 in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films North America The Red Shoes, (55th in year of release, lifetime box office would place it in first) The Road to Rio Easter Parade Red River The Three Musketeers, Johnny...

Neame was married to Beryl Heanly from 1932-1973; they had one son, Christopher Neame, a producer. He has been married to Donna Friedberg since 1993. 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

In 1996, Neame was awarded the CBE for his contributions to the film industry. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand Cross...

External links

• Ronald Neame (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623768/) at the Internet Movie Database