Desmond Davis on set in the late 1970sThe film was worlds away from the so-called kitchen-sink dramas that Davis had worked on two decades earlier as camera operator for the social-realist director Tony Richardson, one of the “angry young men” who brought working-class voices to the stage and screen. Richardson was keen to have Davis working alongside the director of photography, Walter Lassally, because of his earlier documentary-making experience as a camera operator in the army. left, and Rita Tushingham in Girl With Green Eyes, 1964, directed by Desmond Davis. Desmond Davis, right, with the actor Peter FinchThe movie won four Oscars and went on to become a comedy classic while Woodfall, Richardson’s production company, gave Davis the chance to begin a 30-year career as a director. Desmond was born in Wandsworth, south-west London, to Dorothy (nee Newbold) and Isaac (known as William) Davis, a director of the optical lens manufacturer Newbold & Co.

Source: The Guardian August 02, 2021 12:52 UTC