Denis Forman
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Sir Denis Forman (1917 - )
Born in 1917 at Cragielands in Dumfries and educated at Pembroke College Cambridge University, Forman had a distinguished military career during the war before moving into the film and Television industry. He was Director (1949-1954) and later Chair (1971-1973) of The British Film Institute.[1] He was also Chairman and Managing Director of Granada Television, he was also the director of the Royal Opera House in London.
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[edit] Early Life
[edit] The War
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] References
- ^ BFI Annual Reports, London: BFI
[edit] Further Reading
books:
"A Night at the Opera"
"British Television"
"John Grierson: The Man and the Memory"
"Mozart's Concerto Form: The First Movements of the Piano Concertos"
"My Life So Far"
"The Good Opera Guide"
"The Good Wagner Guide"
"Persona Granada: Some Memories of Sidney Bernstein and the Early Days of Independent Television"
"Son of Adam"
"To Reason Why"
