Leslie Megahey

Leslie Megahey

  • Birthday: 1944-12-22
  • Deathday: 2022-08-27
  • Place of birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Biography

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)

Filmography

Production

Earth

2007

As Screenplay

The Hour of the Pig

1993

As Director

Schalcken the Painter

1979

As Director

Duke Bluebeard's Castle

1989

As Director

Tolkien in Oxford

1968

As Director

Schalcken the Painter

1979

As Writer

The Hour of the Pig

1993

As Writer

The Complete 'Citizen Kane'

1991

As Executive Producer

We Think the World of You

1980

As Executive Producer

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