Director
Leslie Megahey
81 years · Belfast, Northern Ireland · 9 films
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). 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. (Wikipedia)
Best known for
Filmography 9
Earth
2007 · Screenplay
On Plex
The Hour of the Pig
1993 · Director, Writer
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
1991 · Narrator
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
1989 · Director
Cariani and the Courtesans
1987 · Writer, Director
The Orson Welles Story
1982 · Narrator (voice), Producer
Schalcken the Painter
1979 · Director, Writer
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
1968 · Director
Tolkien in Oxford
1968 · Director