Mamoun Hassan

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Mamoun Hassan is a screenwriter, director, editor, producer and teacher of film who held prominent positions in British cinema during the 1970s and 1980s, frequently backing experimental work. He was the first head of production of the British Film Institute (BFI) and later managing director of the National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC).

Biography[]

Mamoun Hassan was born in Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia.[1] He was the first head of production of the British Film Institute from 1971,[2] in which post he instigated the BFI's policy of backing low-budget feature films that charted in new directions;[3] he assisted the director Bill Douglas by securing crew and funding to make (1972–78),[4] and financially supported the production of Winstanley (1975).[5] After leaving the BFI he taught at the National Film and Television School at Beaconsfield,[6] then in 1979 he became managing director of the National Film Finance Corporation. In this position he backed the film Babylon (1980),[7] and again helped Douglas in the production of Comrades (1986).[4][8] Despite the "brave funding choices" and renewed creativity of the NFFC under Hassan, it was abolished in 1985.[7][9] Since then he has worked as a film producer, screenwriter, consultant, lecturer and teacher in the field of cinema.[10]

Filmography[]

Year Film Credit[1]
2012 My Brother the Devil Editing consultant
2009 Interviewer
2008 La Buena Vida Producer, Screenplay
2006 Special thanks
2006 Cast member
2004 Machuca Producer, Screenplay
1988 Distant Voices, Still Lives Special thanks
1986 When the Wind Blows Executive Producer - uncredited, Special thanks
1985 No Surrender Producer
1982 Britannia Hospital Executive Producer - uncredited
1976 Some of the Palestinians Director, Editor
1975 Winstanley Executive Producer - uncredited
1974 A Private Enterprise Executive Producer - uncredited, Special thanks
1971 Here Are Ladies Editor
1969 Wild and Free Twice Daily (Documentary) Editor
1966 Turner (Documentary short) Editor
1964 The Meeting Director, Producer, Writer

Television Credits[]

Year Production Credit
1990 Movie Masterclass (Series 2) - Program 1: World of Apu Deviser, Producer, Presenter
1988 Movie Masterclass (Series 1) - Program 1: Seven Samurai Deviser, Producer, Presenter
1973 Cinema Now (TV Series) - Two Young Film Makers Self
1968 Contrasts (TV Series) (1 Episode) Living on the Box Director

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Mamoun Hassan". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  2. ^ Allon, Yoram; Del Cullen; Hannah Patterson (2001). Contemporary British and Irish film directors: a wallflower critical guide. Wallflower Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-903364-21-5.
  3. ^ Caterer, James (2011). The People's Pictures: National Lottery Funding and British Cinema. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 36. ISBN 9781443833226.
  4. ^ a b Hassan, Mamoun (20 June 2008). "Mamoun Hassan recalls working with director Bill Douglas". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Tibbetts, John C., ""Winstanley"; or, Kevin Brownlow Camps out on St. George's Hill."[dead link]. Literature/Film Quarterly. Salisbury University. 1 January 2003. Retrieved December 31, 2015 from HighBeam Research
  6. ^ Petrie, Duncan; Stoneman, Rod (2014). Educating Film-makers: Past, Present and Future. Intellect Books. p. 93. ISBN 9781783201853.
  7. ^ a b Barber, Sian (2013). The British Film Industry in the 1970s: Capital, Culture and Creativity. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 44. ISBN 9781137305923.
  8. ^ Street, Sarah (2008). British National Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-415-38422-3.
  9. ^ Adair, Gilbert; Roddick, Nick (1985). A night at the pictures: ten decades of British film. Columbus Books in association with the British Film Year. p. 93. ISBN 9780862871888.
  10. ^ "Watch Mamoun Hassan's introduction to L'avventura". European Film College. 4 April 2014.

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