Jack Howells
Jack Howells , born Thomas John Howells (* 2. July 1913 in Abertysswg , Wales , † 6. September 1990 in Penarth , South Glamorgan , Wales, United Kingdom ) was a Welsh teacher with a few trips to the Documentary - Director and Oscar -Award winner.
Live and act
Howells had worked as a teacher in his Welsh homeland for many years and during this time developed a great interest in topics of his country that could be processed by documentary film. He began shortly after the end of World War II as an assistant director on the educational film Apples From Your Garden , which James Hill directed in 1946 with the backing of the British Department of Agriculture. Since the beginning of the 1950s Howells wrote the manuscripts for a series of mostly short informational and documentary films, since 1952 he has also often directed. With the script for the drama Front Page Story , Howells delivered a movie with a game plot for the first time a year later.
In 1961 Howells shot his most important work, the half-hour documentary Dylan Thomas , a tribute to the famous Welsh poet and poet of the same name , who was accompanied by Welsh screen star Richard Burton as commentator. At the 1963 Oscars , this film was awarded the Academy Prize in the “Best Documentary Short Film” category. Howells remained cinematically active until the early 1980s, most recently for Welsh television, but without being able to show another similar success.
Filmography
as screenwriter and / or director of short documentaries unless otherwise noted
- 1950: Oil
- 1950: transport
- 1951: Congo Harvest
- 1951: Oil for the 20th Century
- 1952: Grangemouth Project
- 1952: Here's to the Memory
- 1953: Skid Kids
- 1953: Front Page Story (feature film)
- 1954: Guilty Chimneys
- 1954: We Live by the River
- 1954. The Sea Shell Test Her
- 1955: We Found a Valley
- 1955: Across Great Waters
- 1956: Journey From the East (also production)
- 1959: Mountain Rescue
- 1960: New Neighbors
- 1960: Mine Shaft Sinking
- 1961: Dylan Thomas (also production)
- 1963: Jet Flight - Miami
- 1963: The Story of a Network (also production)
- 1965: Jet Travelers
- 1965: The World Still Sings
- 1967: New Neighbors
- 1970: Project Immingham
- 1970: Flame of the Future
- 1972: District Heating
- 1974: Return to Rhymney
- 1975: Westminster Abbey - A Heritage in Trust
- 1976: Scars
- 1978: The Quiet Ways of Wales Brecon and Monmouthshire Canal
- 1979: Sports Arena [03/05/79]
- 1981: High Flying Swans
Individual proof
- ↑ Thomas John Howells on findmypast.co.uk
Web links
- Jack Howells at the British Film Institute
- Jack Howells in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howells, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Howells, Thomas John (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Welsh school teacher, documentary filmmaker, film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abertysswg , Wales |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1990 |
| Place of death | Penarth , South Glamorgan , Wales, United Kingdom |