Anthony Garnett was a British film and television producer, and actor.
11 Facts About Tony Garnett
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Tony Garnett worked with Allen too, sometimes independently of Loach but with him on such works as Allen's The Big Flame, which had been shot in February and March 1968, but was withheld from transmission by the BBC.
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Together with dramatist David Mercer, fellow producers Kenith Trodd and James MacTaggart, and literary agent Clive Goodwin, Tony Garnett founded Kestrel Productions, which was conceived as an autonomous unit connected with London Weekend Television.
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In 1969, Tony Garnett was the producer of Loach's The Save the Children Fund Film.
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In 1990, he founded World Productions, for which Tony Garnett oversaw Between the Lines and This Life and other productions.
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In 2009, an email by Tony Garnett was circulated within the television industry, and published online, in which he argued that the BBC's management techniques "stifle the creativity which the organisation is supposed to be encouraging".
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Tony Garnett said that the BBC no longer has an interest in "poor people".
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In 1963, Tony Garnett married Topsy Jane Legge, whom he met while performing in amateur theatre.
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Tony Garnett wrote a memoir, The Day the Music Died: A Life Behind the Lens in 2016.
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Tony Garnett died on 12 January 2020 after a short illness.
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Tony Garnett was survived by his partner, Victoria Childs, and his sons.