Mark James Walter Cameron

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Mark James Walter Cameron

Born June 17, 1911 · Battersea, London, England, UK

Died January 25, 1985 · aged 73

Mark James Walter Cameron, the famed British newspaper journalist and foreign correspondent, was the first correspondent to film the Vietnam War from the perspective of the North Vietnamese, he interviewed Ho Chi Minh before going on to travel and write extensively about Africa and his great love, India. Towards the end of the sixties, he began making documentaries for the BBC.

Known For

The Way to WimbledonThe Way to Wimbledon · 1952
The Way to Wimbledon
1952
MovieDocumentary
Focuses on the fifty weeks of the year when Wimbledon is preparing to host the next tennis championship.
Tell Me LiesTell Me Lies · 1968
Tell Me Lies
6.41968
MovieDramaDocumentary
Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘production-in-progress US’, this long-unseen agitprop drama-doc – shot in London in 1967 and released only briefly in the UK and New York at the height of the Vietnam War – remains both thought-provoking and disturbing. A theatrical and cinematic social comment on US intervention in Vietnam, Brook’s film also reveals a 1960s London where art, theatre and political protest actively collude and where a young Glenda Jackson and RSC icons such as Peggy Ashcroft and Paul Scofield feature prominently on the front line. Multi-layered scenarios staged by Brook combine with newsreel footage, demonstrations, satirical songs and skits to illustrate the intensity of anti-war opinion within London’s artistic and intellectual community.
Let My People GoLet My People Go · 1961
Let My People Go
7.01961
MovieDocumentary
A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at apartheid in South Africa and the Sharpville massacre.
Today in BritainToday in Britain · 1964
Today in Britain
1964
MovieDocumentary
Some of the many facets of life in Britain today showing recent developments in industry, atomic power, sport and education, as well as her participation in the United Nations and contribution to the development of the multi-racial Commonwealth.
The Spanish Civil WarThe Spanish Civil War · 1983
The Spanish Civil War
1983
SeriesDocumentaryWar & Politics
Documentary series which uses film and eyewitness accounts from both sides of the conflict that divided Spain in the years leading up to World War Two, also placing it in its international context.
The World About UsThe World About Us · 1967
The World About Us
7.81967
SeriesDocumentary
A series of films from all over the world about our astonishing planet and the creatures that live on it. Combining natural history with an element of adventure, the series featured well-known naturalists such as Jane Goodall and Gerald Durrell, and the oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. Succeeded by The Natural World.

Filmography

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Tell Me LiesTell Me Lies · 1968
Tell Me Lies
6.41968
MovieDramaDocumentary
Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘production-in-progress US’, this long-unseen agitprop drama-doc – shot in London in 1967 and released only briefly in the UK and New York at the height of the Vietnam War – remains both thought-provoking and disturbing. A theatrical and cinematic social comment on US intervention in Vietnam, Brook’s film also reveals a 1960s London where art, theatre and political protest actively collude and where a young Glenda Jackson and RSC icons such as Peggy Ashcroft and Paul Scofield feature prominently on the front line. Multi-layered scenarios staged by Brook combine with newsreel footage, demonstrations, satirical songs and skits to illustrate the intensity of anti-war opinion within London’s artistic and intellectual community.

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