Ronald Neame CBE, BSC was an English film producer, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter.
20 Facts About Ronald Neame
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Ronald Neame directed I Could Go On Singing, Judy Garland's last film, and Scrooge, starring Albert Finney.
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Ronald Neame studied at University College School and Hurstpierpoint College.
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Ronald Neame's father died in 1923, and Neame took a job with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company as an office boy.
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Later, through his mother's contacts in the British film industry, Ronald Neame started at Elstree Studios as a messenger boy.
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Ronald Neame was fortunate enough to be hired as an assistant cameraman on Blackmail, the first British talkie, directed by a young Alfred Hitchcock.
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At the 15th Academy Awards, In Which We Serve won an Academy Honorary Award, and Ronald Neame was nominated for an Best Special Effects for his camerawork on One of Our Aircraft Is Missing.
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All three films were Directed by Lean, shot by Ronald Neame, produced by Havelock-Allan, and co-written from all three.
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Ronald Neame produced one more film for Cineguild, Lean's The Passionate Friends, before leaving to write, produce, and direct Golden Salamander.
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Ronald Neame began a transition to the American film industry at the suggestion of Rank, who asked him to study the Hollywood production system.
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Ronald Neame worked again with Alec Guinness, this time as director, in three films: The Card, The Horse's Mouth, and Tunes of Glory.
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Ronald Neame described Tunes of Glory as "the film I am proudest of".
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Ronald Neame received two BAFTA Award nominations for Tunes of Glory.
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Ronald Neame was recruited to direct The Poseidon Adventure after the contracted director left the production.
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Ronald Neame later characterised The Poseidon Adventure as "my favourite film" because it earned him enough to retire comfortably.
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Ronald Neame referred to their meeting as a "coup de foudre".
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In 1996 Ronald Neame was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and awarded the BAFTA Fellowship for his contributions to the film industry.
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Ronald Neame had homes in Beverly Hills and Santa Barbara, California.
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In 2003 Ronald Neame published an autobiography, Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Ronald Neame died on 16 June 2010 after suffering complications from a broken leg.