1. Marcus Dillistone directed Mills in his last ever screen appearance, Lights 2, in which he played a tramp.
15 Facts About Marcus Dillistone
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Marcus Dillistone employed cinematographers including: Oscar-winners Jack Cardiff and Ronnie Taylor, together with Phedon Papamichael, Geoff Boyle NSC FBKSTS, John de Borman, Sue Gibson, Thierry Arbogast, Ron Stanett, and Tony Pierce-Roberts.
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In 2001, Marcus Dillistone directed a major British Film Institute tribute event held in the Painted Hall in Greenwich.
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In December 2007, Marcus Dillistone was invited by the Governor of Luxor to screen a trailer of his latest film to the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the Prime Minister of Egypt, Ahmed Nazif.
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Marcus Dillistone has appeared on the BBC and on ITV, as well as on the radio, including the Robert Elms show on the BBC.
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Marcus Dillistone's work has appeared in print in publications that include Paris Match, The Guardian, Washington Post, New York Times, The Telegraph, Times, Metro, UPI, and The Dallas Morning News.
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Marcus Dillistone is involved in social and charitable film making, being particularly known for films dealing with social and medical matters.
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Marcus Dillistone has supported organisations such as the Riding for the Disabled Association, the British Brain and Spine Foundation, and the Sarah Lamping Memorial Expedition.
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Marcus Dillistone has presented papers at the world's two leading broadcast conventions, NAB and IBC.
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Marcus Dillistone has hosted master-classes in the US, Europe and the Caribbean, on filmmaking, imaging and photography.
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Marcus Dillistone has written articles for several professional publications, including Televisual, AV Magazine, Kodak's magazine and Exposure.
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Marcus Dillistone co-authored the academic paper "A comparison of perceptions of quality of life among adults with spinal cord injury in the United States versus the United Kingdom".
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In September 2013, in recognition of his contribution to medical filmmaking, Marcus Dillistone was elected a Member of the Royal Society of Medicine.
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Marcus Dillistone is a key figure in the development of healthcare knowledge transfer, and on 30 April 2014 gave the keynote lecture at The Royal Society's annual conference on ethics.
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Marcus Dillistone's films have won over fifty international awards, including: Winner IVCA Best Direction.