Name Leslie Norman | Role Film director | |
Died February 18, 1993, London, United Kingdom Children Barry Norman, Valerie Norman Grandchildren Samantha Norman, Emma Norman Nominations BAFTA Award for Best British Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film Movies X the Unknown, The Lost Continent, Dunkirk, The Long and the Short and, The Night My Number Came Up Similar People Michael Carreras, Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Jimmy Sangster, Michael Balcon | ||
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Leslie Armande Norman (25 February 1911 – 18 February 1993) was an English film director, producer and editor.
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- I m learning a lot from you savoy plaza band leslie norman
- Life and career
- Editor
- Producer
- Director
- References
Life and career
Norman was born on 25 February 1911 in Fulham, London, the second youngest of eleven children. Leaving school at 14, Norman worked in the film industry from the age of 16, working his way up from sweeper of the cutting-room floors at Ealing Studios to become an editor at 19.
His career spanned nearly fifty years, from 1930 until 1978. In that time he had many different roles in the industry, ending his career directing episodes of filmed television series. He directed three cinema films in the 1950s, The Night My Number Came Up (1955), the sci-fi horror film X the Unknown (1956) and the Second World War drama Dunkirk (1958), while his production credits include another World War II drama in the form of The Cruel Sea (1953). Amongst the films he directed in the early 1960s was the war drama The Long and the Short and The Tall (1960). His son, Barry, was a prominent UK film critic and broadcaster, whilst his daughter, Valerie, is a script editor and director.
In the 1960s, he worked as director on several notable British TV series including Gideon's Way (7 episodes), The Baron (3 episodes), The Saint (21 episodes), The Avengers (2 episodes), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (3 episodes), Department S (3 episodes), The Persuaders! (6 episodes).
Norman was forced into retirement after a laryngectomy for cancer in 1978. He died in Knebworth, Hertfordshire on 18 February 1993 at the age of 81 after suffering a seizure whilst driving near his home.