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LOUIS THEROUX BINDI BINNING ROLAND JONES JANET MULLINS RESH SOMAUROO ANDREW BRENNAND CHRIS RYMAN NAZRIN CHOUDHURY PATRICK COWAN SAMANTHA THOMAS LACHLAN MACKINNON
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the Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Cinematographer), The Red Shoes, The African Queen, The Barefoot Contessa, The Prince and the Showgirl, War And Peace (for which he was nominated for an Oscar), Death On The Nile and The Far Pavilions (for which he received a BAFTA nomination).
As well as a great cinematographer, Jack is also an extremely prolific direc- tor. He won a Golden Globe for Best Director and an Academy Award nomi- nation for Sons and Lovers and directed stars such as Trevor Howard in The Lion, Alain Delon in Girl On A Motorcycle and Shirley MacLaine in My Geisha.
During more than 80 years in the film business, Cardiff has worked with all the big stars, from Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, Errol Flynn and Ava Gardner, through Shirley MacLaine, Oliver Reed and Kirk Douglas to Danny DeVito, Sylvester Stallone and Drew Barrymore.
Kevin MacDonald chaired the dis- cussion, allowing members the chance to put their own questions to one of the film industry’s brightest lights.
MORE EVENTS: EXPANDED HORIZONS
from The Chair of Events and Education,
Jill James.
As someone doing two busy jobs, Executive Director of TAPS and as partner in a personal management agency, plus serving on several other committees, the thought of yet anoth- er was daunting.
I like to give 100% to everything I undertake and once committed am passionate about getting results. However after persuasion I was hooked and accepted the challenge of re-vitalising the events programme. There had been no committee for two years and some of the events had run
their course, needing to be replaced by ones reflecting current industry prac- tice and personalities.
First off was the formation of a new committee representative of all the BAFTA committees plus creative areas. In addition I invited some co-optees to bring their individual expertise to our task. At about the same time Amy Minyard was appointed Events and Membership Officer so our new team was complete.
Lacking in the past had been a structure to the events that enabled members in film, television, children’s, interactive and craft to know when an event of interest to them was to be scheduled. We set out to have monthly events for each area and to have them roughly in the same slot of each month. Change cannot be achieved overnight and whilst we are aware that we need to do more in some areas, notably chil- dren’s, craft and education, the process is well underway.
We have introduced some new run- ning strands ‘BAFTA At The Bar’, ‘The BAFTA Tutorial’, Diversity events, plus landmark interviews.
Our first diversity event ‘Funding The Feature Diversity and New Opportunities in Film’ produced by Amma Asante was oversubscribed and very successful, setting the tone and style for further events in this impor- tant subject area.
As well as looking after its own members, BAFTA through the events programme has also reached out to other kindred organisations. In this “joined up” way we have welcomed members of PACT, NPA,
Directors Guild, Writers
Guild of Great Britain ,
BSC
and BKSTS.
The ‘BAFTA At The Bar’ evenings in particular
have been perfect opportunities to meet our members, network, gossip, get work and generally make the BAFTA building more like the members club that it should be.
We have listened to what members want and our committee is always open to suggestions. As a result we themed the ‘BAFTA At The Bar’ evenings, start- ing with Comedy, Drama and Film to be held later in 2001.
These events have also been help- ful in recruiting new and younger mem- bers which has gone some way to silence the critics who wrongly criticise BAFTA for being old and outdated. The young are keen to learn from, and mix with, the more established members who have a wealth of experience to pass on to those new members.
A common perception is that on the television side BAFTA is full of BBC members. In reality having now looked into this, the membership is equally reflective of both organisations. If ITV members were to get more actively involved with us they would quickly see the advantages. I am particularly pleased that Nick Elliott, Controller Of Drama at the ITV Network has recently been voted onto Council.
As producer of the recent event, in which Nick talked to Brian Park about ITV’s Drama successes and quality, we started the process of re-affirming our commitment to all the television chan- nels and giving them the opportunity to speak to the membership.
The events committee is keen to introduce television screenings along- side the film screenings, and we have
already scheduled two this autumn. Pre-transmis- sion screenings would help votes for pro- grammes. BAFTA organis- es five major awards each year attended by a total
audience of around 5000, but BAFTA is not just about awards, the events pro- gramme audience this year should exceed 7000.
I would like to thank Amy plus my Events Committee for their help, sup- port and dedication over the past year. It has been a lot of hard work for every- one involved, but it is rewarding to see the results. 195 is now buzzing. We will continue to build in the future and look forward to your participation. ■
Photos opposite page: Nicola Hunsan, Nick Elliott, Brian Park and David Liddiment; Brian Park and Nick Elliott on stage; Jack Cardiff on camera; Photos this page from top: At the Bar with Amma Asante and Jill James; Bafta members ejoying a drink with Alistair McGowan and Roni Ancona; and again other members with Alistair; Sioned William and Geoffrey Perkins
NEWS & EVENTS INFORMATION
Please call Amy Minyard or Juliet McCulloch on 020 7734 0022 or e-mail
amym@bafta.org or julietm@bafta.org
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