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James Ferman(1930-2002)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Soundtrack
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James Ferman was born on 11 April 1930 in New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965), Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973) and The Wednesday Thriller (1965). He died on 24 December 2002 in London, England, UK.
BornApril 11, 1930
DiedDecember 24, 2002(72)
BornApril 11, 1930
DiedDecember 24, 2002(72)
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Known for

Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
7.1
TV Series
  • Director
Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973)
Orson Welles Great Mysteries
7.8
TV Series
  • Director
The Wednesday Thriller (1965)
The Wednesday Thriller
TV Series
  • Director
Reginald Marsh, Barbara Murray, and Patrick Wymark in The Plane Makers (1963)
The Plane Makers
7.7
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director

  • Centre Play (1973)
    Centre Play
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Patrick Stewart, Barry Foster, Gayle Hunnicutt, Charles Kay, and Laurence Naismith in Fall of Eagles (1974)
    Fall of Eagles
    8.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Anouska Hempel and Anton Rodgers in Zodiac (1974)
    Zodiac
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973)
    Orson Welles Great Mysteries
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield, and Anna Calder-Marshall in ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Play for Today (1970)
    Play for Today
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1970–1973
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1966–1973
  • The Sextet (1972)
    The Sextet
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972
  • The Wednesday Play (1964)
    The Wednesday Play
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1965–1970
  • Ann Bell and Peter Sallis in Plays of Today (1969)
    Plays of Today
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1969
  • W. Somerset Maugham (1969)
    W. Somerset Maugham
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1969
  • The Gamblers
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Theatre 625 (1964)
    Theatre 625
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1966–1967
  • Marius Goring in The Suspect (1966)
    Thirteen Against Fate
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1966
  • The Wednesday Thriller (1965)
    The Wednesday Thriller
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1965

Writer

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    7.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1966
  • Theatre Night (1957)
    Theatre Night
    8.3
    TV Series
    • book and lyrics
    • 1957

Soundtrack

  • Theatre Night (1957)
    Theatre Night
    8.3
    TV Series
    • writer: "What Has She Got?"
    • 1957

Personal details

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  • Born
    • April 11, 1930
    • New York, USA
  • Died
    • December 24, 2002
    • London, England, UK(acute pneumonia)
  • Other works
    Peter Tranchell and his musical, "Zuleika," was performed at the Saville Theatre in London, England with Mildred Mayne, Patricia Routledge, Clive Exton, David Morton, Anthony Dawes, Patricia Rowlands, Peter Woodthorpe, Philip Bond, and Daniel Thorndike in the cast.
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  • Trivia
    Director of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) from 1975-1998, succeeded by Robin Duval
  • Quotes
    The instinctive good taste of the artist usually prevents him from indulging in unnecessarily explicit detail. But we are faced too rarely with the work of first-class artists.

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