Leslie Megahey
Norman Leslie Megahey (22 December 1944 – 27 August 2022) was a British television producer, director and writer.
Born in
Arena
He was the editor of the
Omnibus
When in 1979 Megahey was offered the opportunity to become the editor of the BBC's arts documentary series
Megahey wrote and directed the 1987 BBC Two television play Cariani and the Courtesans, which presented a fictionalised account of the artist Giovanni Cariani's time in Venice, with Cariani (Paul McGann) interacting with other historical characters, such as Tullia d'Aragona (Diana Quick), Marcantonio Raimondi (Simon Callow), and Francesco Albani (Michael Gough), with a brief "cameo" by Albrecht Dürer (Frederik de Groot), and narrated by Charles Gray. The narrative is woven around the painting of a number of his works, principally Four Courtesans and Three Gentlemen.[10]
In 1988 the BBC broadcast his adaptation of Béla Bartók's opera Bluebeard's Castle (as Duke Bluebeard's Castle).[1]
Later years
He wrote and directed the 1993 film
With
For The Guardian he wrote obituaries for David Wheatley (2009) and Frank Whitten (2011), among others.[11]
Megahey died on 27 August 2022, at the age of 77.[12]
References
- ^ a b Megahey's profile on the Film Reference website
- ^ a b Leslie Megahey profile, BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ The Orson Welles Story on the BBC Arena website
- ^ a b The Orson Welles Story, BAFTA.org. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Schalcken The Painter details, Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ Synopsis of Schalcken the Painter, screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Fuller, Graham, "Why I love... 'Schalcken the Painter'", bfi.org; 29 April 2014.
- Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ BAFTA Award 1981, bafta.org. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Four Courtesans and Three Gentlemen details Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Google. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Megahey profile journalisted.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Leslie Megahey obituary". The Guardian. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.