Robert Wynne-Simmons

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Robert Wynne-Simmons
Born (1947-08-18) 18 August 1947 (age 76)
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Robert Anthony Wynne-Simmons (born 18 August 1947) is a British composer, film director and screenwriter.

Early life and education

Wynne-Simmons began to make films and write plays, poetry and music while still at school. He attended Lancing College in Sussex, England.[1][2][3]

In 1966, he attended Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he received an M.A. in English Literature. The college funded the making of The Judgment of Albion, a film based on the prophetic writings of William Blake, voiced by Anthony Quayle and Donald Sinden. A copy is now with the British Film Institute.[4]

Career and written works

In 1970, he wrote the screenplay for

Blood on Satan's Claw.[5] (Directed by Piers Haggard
)

He subsequently worked for the

Radio Telefis Eireann in Dublin, where he directed Double Piquet, in 1979.[6][7]

In 1981–2, he wrote and directed

San Remo Festival in 1984,[13][14] where the film won Best First Feature. The film also won prizes in the Oporto film festival,[15] Brussels Fantasy film festival,[16]
and in Geneva.

After a brief period directing for

Radio Telefis Eireann and Channel 4.[18] In 1992, his short film Scherzo[19] was shown at the Venice Biennale, the Chicago Film Festival and the San Francisco Festival, where it was awarded four stars.[citation needed
]

In 2006, he returned as a writer to the stage, with The Deluge, a play based on the short stories of Karen Blixen, which he directed at the Edinburgh festival that year with Susannah York in the leading role.[20][21] In 2007, his monologue "Kurtz" was performed with The Deluge at the New End Theatre, Hampstead.[22]

Personal life

Wynne-Simmons lives and works in Oppenheim, Germany.[23]

References

  1. ISBN 1841503126
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  2. ^ Evening Argus Friday 12 July 1963
  3. ^ Daily Sketch 3 July 1963
  4. ^ Wynne-Simmons, Robert. "Judgment of Albion". www.bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020.
  5. ISBN 9780415230049
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  6. ^ London 1980 Film Market Programme "The Slice/Double Piquet"
  7. ^ The Guardian 6 October 1984, highlights of next week's TV (Wednesday)
  8. ^ Films and Filming - issues 364-366,368-375. p. 41.
  9. ^ "The Outcasts". Time Out London. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  10. ^ Image Magazine "Cyril Cusack's Diary" February 1982
  11. ^ The Irish Times, 2 July 1982 "Filming a Folk Tale"
  12. ISBN 0415278945
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  13. ^ XXVII Mostra Internazionale dei Film D'Autore 29 Marzo al 4 Aprile 1984, Programma dei Film
  14. ^ La Rivista di Bergamo, Agosto-Settembre 1984
  15. ^ Fantasporto 3–12 February 1984, Premio Especial Fantasporto, Premio da Critica Internacional
  16. ^ Screen International 19 November 1983 "LFF Screening for award-winning 'Outcasts'"
  17. ^ TV Times 23 January 1985
  18. ^ London Daily News, Saturday 9 May 1987 "Exploring the Dark Side of the Mind" Julian Cole
  19. ISBN 978-1317740629.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  20. ^ The Times (First Night, Times2) 10 August 2006, Edinburgh Festival Reviews
  21. ^ The Independent, 14 August 2006, Edinburgh Festival Reviews
  22. ^ Camden New Journal 27 September 2007
  23. ^ Nietzel, Beate (15 April 2017). "In Oppenheim Lebender Britischer Komponist".
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