Barrie Gavin
Barrie Gavin (born June 10, 1935 in London ) is an English film director.
Gavin started working for the BBC in 1961 as an assistant in film editing. Two years later he began working as a director of documentaries mainly about music. During his career he produced nearly 200 documentaries, often working with Pierre Boulez and Simon Rattle , as well as with the composers Karlheinz Stockhausen , Luciano Berio , Luigi Nono , Harrison Birtwistle , John Adams and others.
In 1977 he made a film about Kurt Weill for Hessischer Rundfunk . In the following 25 years he worked mainly in Germany for the Hessischer Rundfunk, the Westdeutscher Rundfunk , the Südwestrundfunk and the Sender Freies Berlin . In addition, he directed around 250 television broadcasts of concerts and operas in England, Germany and the USA. He has received numerous awards at film festivals and in 2008 a prize from the International Confederation of Music Publishers .
Filmography
- All the Russias , 2002
- Between Two Worlds: Erich Wolfgang Korngold , 2001
- In Rehearsal: Christoph von Dohnányi with the Philharmonia Orchestra , 1998
- American Dream: Stephen Collins Foster and His Time , 1997
- Leaving Home , 1996
- Peter Grimes , 1995
- The Fairy Queen , 1995
- Soviet Echoes , 1995
- Verdi , 1995
- Cleveland Plays the Proms , 1994
- Berlioz : Messe solennelle , 1993
- Benjamin Britten : War Requiem , 1993
- Georg Friedrich Handel : Messiah , 1992
- Mlada , 1992
- Hector Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique , 1991
- Carmen by Georges Bizet , 1991
- Opus 20 Modern Masterworks: Ernst Krenek , 1991
- Billy Budd , 1988
- Towards Antara , 1987
- Leonardo , 1987
- Crossover: Richard Rodney Bennett , 1987
- The Tenor Man's Story , 1985
- Guitarra , 1985
- Ernest Ansermet : Archives and Memories , 1985
- Ruddigore , 1982
- The Lively Arts , 1977-79
- Robert Vas film-maker , 1978
- A Line Through the Labyrinth , 1977
- Scenes from a Geordie Ceilidh , 1976
- Omnibus , 1971–73
- Aquarius , 1972
- Music on 2 , 1970
- Masterworks , 1966
swell
- The Look of the Sound: Barrie Gavin
- Barrie Gavin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gavin, Barrie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |