Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 22, 1944
Died
Aug 27, 2022
Place of Birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Credits
18 titles
Leslie Megahey
Biography
Leslie Megahey was a British television producer, director and writer. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the son of Thomas Megahey (a minister) and Beatrice (née Walton), Leslie Megahey was educated at King Edward VI School in Lichfield. Early works for the BBC included Canvas: 7: Sunflowers: Van Gogh (1971), and Omnibus File: Thrillers and Crime Fiction (1972). He was the editor of the BBC television documentary series Arena (1977–79; 1982–83); during his time on the series he divided it into Arena Theatre and Arena Art and Design, and Arena became less of a magazine-style programme and more a home for short, distinctive and stylish films about mainly British theatre and visual arts. During this period his programme Henry Moore Meets Leonardo (1978) was broadcast, in which the sculptor Henry Moore discussed Leonardo Da Vinci's anatomical drawings. His two-part Arena special The Orson Welles Story (1982) programmes won a 'Best Documentary' BAFTA in 1983. (Wikipedia)
Known For
Filmography
Earth
Screenplay
The Hour of the Pig
Director
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
Narrator
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Writer
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Director
Cariani and the Courtesans
Writer
ScreenPlay
Director
Artists and Models
Writer
Screen Two
Director
The Mysteries of Hieronymus Bosch
Executive Producer
The Orson Welles Story
Narrator (voice)
Dallas — The Big Store
Executive Producer
We Think the World of You
Executive Producer
Quinn Running
Producer
Schalcken the Painter
Director
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Director
Tolkien in Oxford
Director
Omnibus
Narrator (voice)