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Leslie Megahey

Belfast, Northern IrelandBorn December 22, 1944

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)

Filmography7

The Hour of the Pig

The Hour of the Pig

1993
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

1990
Duke Bluebeard's Castle

Duke Bluebeard's Castle

1989
Cariani and the Courtesans

Cariani and the Courtesans

1987
Schalcken the Painter

Schalcken the Painter

1979
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

1968
Tolkien in Oxford

Tolkien in Oxford

1968

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Artists and Models

Artists and Models

1986