Name Bill Mason Role Film-maker | Children Nick Mason | |
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Movies Air Parade, History of the Motor Car, Heroic Days, Le Mans 1952 Grandchildren Holly Mason, Cary Mason, Guy Mason, Chloe Mason Nominations BAFTA Award for Best Specialised Film | ||
Rowland Hill Berkeley Mason (9 November 1915 – 17 January 2002), known as Bill Mason, was an English documentary film maker and scriptwriter.
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Life
Mason was born in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England and was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, between 1929 and 1934.
In the 1940s, he moved to Hampstead Heath, London, with his wife and son Nick Mason, who became the drummer of Pink Floyd. A filmmaker and amateur racing car driver, because of a lifelong passion for motor sports Bill Mason specialized in observing them as a maker of documentary films. His enthusiasm for the world of motoring was passed on to his son Nick, who wrote about them in his book Into the Red (2004). Mason's success was such that Nick was given an Aston Martin sports car as a teenager.
As well as making films, Mason was also a scriptwriter.