- Ronald Neame
Infobox Actor
name = Ronald Neame
birthdate = birth date and age|1911|4|23|df=y
location =London, England
parents = Elwin Neame (1885-1923)
Ivy Close (1890-1968)
spouse = Beryl Heanly (1932-1973)
Donna Friedberg (1993-)
children = Christopher Neame (b.1942)
academyawards = Nominated: Best Special Effects
1942 "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing "
Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay
1945 "Brief Encounter "
1946 "Great Expectations"
Nominated: Best Director
1946 "Great Expectations"
baftaawards = Best British Film
1960 "Tunes of Glory "
Best Film from any Source
1960 "Tunes of Glory "Ronald Neame, CBE (born
23 April 1911 ) is a British filmcinematographer , producer,screenwriter , and director.Neame was born in
London tophotographer Elwin Neame and actressIvy Close . After completing his education at theUniversity College School andHurstpierpoint College , he drifted into the film industry, and his first professional credit was as an assistant on theAlfred Hitchcock film "Blackmail" (1929).He began his career as a cinematographer with the musical comedy "Happy" (1933), and made his mark with such films as "Major Barbara" (1941), "
In Which We Serve " (1942), and "Blithe Spirit" (1945).In 1947, he turned his attention to directing with "Take My Life", a run-of-the-mill murder mystery, but from there he moved on to increasingly more notable films - "
The Card " (1952) withAlec Guinness andValerie Hobson ; "The Horse's Mouth" (1958) with Guinness again, who also wrote theAcademy Award -nominated screenplay; "Tunes of Glory " (1960) with Guinness andJohn Mills ; the 1963Judy Garland musical drama "I Could Go On Singing "; the adaptation ofEnid Bagnold 's "The Chalk Garden " (1964) withDeborah Kerr ; the 1966 criminal-comedy story "Gambit" withShirley MacLaine andMichael Caine ; "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie " (1969), withMaggie Smith 's Academy Award-winning performance; "Scrooge", the 1970 musical adaptation of "A Christmas Carol "; the 1972 disaster film "The Poseidon Adventure"; the 1979 sci-fi/disaster film "Meteor"; the 1980 comedic espionage thriller "Hopscotch"; and the U.S. Supreme Court drama "First Monday in October" (1981).As a producer, he was responsible for three classics of British cinema - "
Brief Encounter " (1945) and "Great Expectations" (1946) - for which he co-wrote the screenplays - and "Oliver Twist" (1948) - among others.Neame was married to Beryl Heanly from 1932-1973; they had one son,
Christopher Neame (writer/producer) , (not to be confused withChristopher Neame the actor). He has been married to Donna Friedberg since 1993.In 1996, Neame was awarded the CBE for his contributions to the film industry.
He is also currently living in Beverly Hills
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