John Boorman was born in London in 1933. After working as a film reviewer for magazines and radio, he joined the BBC in 1955 as an assistant editor, and later directed a number of documentaries. His first feature was 'Catch Us If You Can' in 1965. His latest film,
Country of My Skull, opens in 2003. He is a five-time Academy Award-nominee, and was twice awarded Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for
Leo the Last (1970) and
The General (1998). He is the author of
Money Into Light: The Emerald Forest - A Diary, as well as the being the co-founder and editor of Faber & Faber's long-running series
Projections: Film-makers on Film-making.
Director Daniel has just made a turkey of a film. He and his producer friend, Jack, badly need a new, successful project. As Daniel struggles to make his new film, Jack's beautiful wife, Bella, begings writing a book about the process. Life, and passion - as ever - complicate the...
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