Leslie Megahey
Directing
- Born
- December 22, 1944 · Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Died
- August 27, 2022 (age 77)
Leslie Megahey was a British television producer, director and writer.
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the son of Thomas Megahey (a minister) and Beatrice (née Walton), Leslie Megahey was educated at King Edward VI School in Lichfield. Early works for the BBC included Canvas: 7: Sunflowers: Van Gogh (1971), and Omnibus File: Thrillers and Crime Fiction (1972).
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He was the editor of the BBC television documentary series Arena (1977–79; 1982–83); during his time on the series he divided it into Arena Theatre and Arena Art and Design, and Arena became less of a magazine-style programme and more a home for short, distinctive and stylish films about mainly British theatre and visual arts. During this period his programme Henry Moore Meets Leonardo (1978) was broadcast, in which the sculptor Henry Moore discussed Leonardo Da Vinci's anatomical drawings. His two-part Arena special The Orson Welles Story (1982) programmes won a 'Best Documentary' BAFTA in 1983.
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Known for
Earth
October 10, 2007
The Hour of the Pig
September 25, 1993
Schalcken the Painter
December 22, 1979
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
April 12, 1989
The Mysteries of Hieronymus Bosch
March 31, 1983
The Orson Welles Story
May 18, 1982
Cariani and the Courtesans
August 5, 1987
Tolkien in Oxford
March 30, 1968
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
October 13, 1991
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
September 24, 1968
Behind the camera14
- 2007Earth Screenplay
- 1993The Hour of the Pig Director, Writer
- 1991The Complete 'Citizen Kane' Executive Producer
- 1990With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film Director, Writer
- 1989Duke Bluebeard's Castle Director
- 1987Cariani and the Courtesans Director, Writer
- 1983The Mysteries of Hieronymus Bosch Executive Producer
- 1982The Orson Welles Story Producer
- 1981Dallas — The Big Store Executive Producer
- 1980