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Mary Field

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Mary Field

Nascimento
Falecimento
(com 72 anos)
Local de nascimento
Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Créditos
116 títulos

Biografia

British director and screen writer, she is not to be confused with the American actress of the same name. Mary Field is best known for directing short educational and nature films.

Field became the series director of Secrets of Nature in 1929. Previously a history teacher, she joined the film industry as an historical consultant in 1925, working for British Instructional Films. Although she had no training in science or filmmaking, Field quickly proved herself to be a first-class film director, developing a unique style that fused education and instruction.

Field insisted that nature films were more than just a series of impressive images: they were the result of a painstaking process that involved scriptwriting, editing, filming, cutting and montage and synchronisation, as well as the collaboration of expert consultants.

She continued to direct nature films under the new title Secrets of Life from 1934 when her production team, led by H. Bruce Woolfe, moved from British Instructional Films to Gaumont-British instructional. During the Second World War, she put her skills to work in producing public information films for the British government and was later commissioned to produce a series of educational films for the British Council. Field was a pioneer in understanding how children related to the cinema, and spearheaded attempts to adapt films to their taste. Her 1954 Carnegie report, Children and Films: A Study of Boys and Girls in the Cinema, investigated the reactions of children to a series of films by means of infra-red photography. Previous reports into children’s reactions to cinema had been based on questionnaires. Field had been interested in audience’s reactions long before this – as early as the late 1920s, she was adapting many of the Secrets of Nature films based on audience feedback.

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Créditos da equipe técnica 116

AnoTítuloFunção
1963 Secret Beneath the Sea TV Production Consultant (6 ep.)
1962 City Beneath the Sea TV Production Consultant (7 ep.)
1961 Pathfinders to Venus TV Production Consultant (8 ep.)
1960 Pathfinders to Mars TV Production Consultant (6 ep.)
1960 Pathfinders in Space TV Production Consultant (7 ep.)
1960 Target Luna TV Production Consultant (6 ep.)
1951 Father of the Family Filme Director
1949 The Rock Pool Filme Director
1948 Ebb-tide Filme Director
1944 Development of the Rabbit Filme Director
1944 Kew and Me Filme Director
1944 Memories Filme Director
1944 Polly All Alone Filme Director
1944 Tongues and Tails Filme Director
1943 The Life History of the Onion Filme Director
1943 History of the English Language Filme Director
1943 The Life Cycle of the Pin Mould Filme Director
1943 Development of the English Town Filme Director
1943 Double Thread Filme Director
1942 The Life Cycle of the Newt Filme Director, Editor
1942 U-Boat in the Pond Filme Director
1942 On The Heath Filme Director
1942 On The Moor Filme Director
1942 Over The Downs Filme Director
1942 Climbers Filme Director
1942 Down Somerset Way Filme Director
1942 Once We Were Four Filme Director
1942 Singing While They Work Filme Director
1942 Overlooked Filme Director
1942 Market Town Filme Director
1942 The Life Cycle of the Maize Filme Director
1941 Atlantic Filme Director
1941 Mrs. T. and Her Cabbage Patch Filme Director
1940 Wisdom of the Wild Filme Director
1940 Civilian Front Filme Director
1940 4 and 20 Fit Girls Filme Director
1940 48, Paddington Street Filme Director
1940 Why A Sponge Filme Director
1939 Ducks and Drakes Filme Director
1939 Two Little Orphans Filme Director
1939 Old Blue Filme Director
1939 Water Baby Filme Director
1939 Shadow in the Stream Filme Director
1938 The Tough 'un Filme Director
1938 Living in London Filme Director
1938 Over and Under Filme Director
1938 Three Wicked Sisters Filme Director
1938 Home in the Heather Filme Director
1938 Perky Cockney Filme Director
1938 They Made the Land Filme Director
1938 The Catch of the Season Filme Director
1938 Far and Wide Filme Director
1938 Queering The Pitch Filme Director
1938 Kings in Exile Filme Director
1938 See How They Run Filme Director
1938 Swan Song Filme Director
1937 Hereford Pedigree Cattle Filme Director
1937 Somersetshire Dairy-Farming Filme Director
1937 Devon Dairy Farming Filme Director
1936 Tawny Owl Filme Director
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