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Wilfred Josephs Biography (1927-)

Born July 24, 1927, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; son of Philip and Rachel(Block) Josephs; married Valerie Wisbey, 1956; children: two daughters. Addresses: OFFICE--15 Douglas Court, Quex Road, London NW6 4PT, England.;AGENTS- -Nigel Britten, London Management, London W1, England; Robert Lantz,The Lantz Office, 888 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10016.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

July 24, 1927

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM WORK
• Music director, Bomb in the High Street, Hemisphere, 1964.
• Writings;All as composer;STAGE
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (opera), 1978 Also King of the Coast (children's musical); Rebecca (opera).
• Writings;FILM
• Cash on Demand, Columbia, 1962.
• The Webster Boy (also known as Middle of Nowhere), Regal, 1962.
• Bomb in the High Street, Hemisphere, 1964.
• Die, Die, My Darling (also known as Fanatic), Columbia, 1965.
• Twenty-Four Hours to Kill, Seven Arts, 1966.
• The Deadly Bees, Paramount, 1967.
• My Side of the Mountain, Paramount, 1969.
• Ben Gurion, 1969.
• Dark Places, Cinerama, 1974.
• A Heritage to Build On, 1974.
• All Creatures Great and Small, EMI, 1975.
• Callan, Cinema National, 1975.
• Sea Areas Forties, 1975.
• Noah (animated), 1976.
• Swallows and Amazons, LDS, 1977.
• The Uncanny, Rank, 1977.
• The Flame Moves East (documentary), 1977.
• Mannen i skuggan (also known as Black Sun), Stockholm Film, 1978.
• Cocoa (documentary), 1979.
• Project North Sea (documentary), 1979.
• Martin's Day, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985.
• (with Sri Hastanto) Mata Hari, Cannon, 1985.
• Also Sixty Years of Fashion, Seven Hundred Million, Land of Britain, Oxford, Death and the Sky Above, and The Inheritance (documentary).
• Writings;TELEVISION; FOR BRITISH TELEVISION,UNLESS INDICATED: SERIES
• The Somerset Maugham Series, 1969, then 1971-72.
• Grasshopper Island, 1970.
• Horizon, BBC, 1970-74, then 1983-85.
• Suspicion, 1971-72.
• The British Empire, 1971-72.
• The Guardians, 1971-72.
• Pollyanna, 1972.
• The Brontes of Haworth, 1973.
• Love Story, 1973.
• The Pallisers, BBC, 1974, then PBS, 1977.
• A Place in Europe, 1974.
• The Great War, 1974.
• The Ghosts of Motley Hall, 1975-77.
• The Enemy at the Door, 1977.
• Gammon and Spinach, 1977.
• The Avenue, 1977.
• The Voyage of Charles Darwin, 1978.
• (theme music) Diary of Britain, 1978.
• The Human Race, 1979-80.
• Quest of Eagles, 1979-80.
• Sunday at Nine, 1982.
• The Home Front, 1982.
• The Making of Britain, 1982-83.
• The Return of the Antelope, 1986.
• Newcastle University, 1986.
• Drummonds.
• The Brief.
• MINI-SERIES (Theme music) I, Claudius, BBC, 1976, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1977.
• Pride and Prejudice, BBC, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1980.
• Disraeli, ATV, 1977, then Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1980.
• Sister Dora, 1977.
• The Norman Conquests, Thames, then Great Performances, PBS, 1978.
• Writings;EPISODIC
• "Catherine Cookson," The South Bank Show.
• Writings;MOVIES
• Robinson Crusoe, BBC, then NBC, 1974.
• All Creatures Great and Small, NBC, 1975.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame, BBC, then NBC, 1977.
• A Married Man, London Weekend Television, then syndicated, 1984.
• Pope John Paul II, CBS, 1984.
• Also A Voyage 'round My Father, The Beast in the Jungle, The Fosters, andPitchi Poi, all 1969; Sweeney Todd, The Warmonger, and Doc-- Shadow of Progress, all 1970; Cider with Rosie, 1971-72; Cherie, 1974; A Provincial Lady andMaking Faces, both 1975; The Inventing of America, BBC, then NBC, 1975; TheHouse of Bernarda Alba, 1976; The Parenthood Game, 1977; The Moles, both 1982; The Atom Spies, A Case of Cruelty to Prawns, Stage Equus--the Ballet, Fanfare for Young Musicians, Carpathian Eagle, and Churchill and the Generals, all1979-80; The Gay Lord Quex, BBC, 1983-85; A Crack in the Ice, 1983- 85; People Like Us; A Walk in the Dark; The Appointment (television opera); Redbrick;Evil; Jumping the Queue.
• Writings;OTHER
• Composer of symphonic, choral, and chamber music, including ten symphonies, a quartet, and a requiem.