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Claude Whatham (7 December 1927 – 4 January 2008) was an English film and television director, mainly known for his work on dramas. Early life [ edit ] In 1940, Whatham, a teenage evacuee art student, had been commissioned to paint fairytale pictures by the young Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret at Windsor Castle .
Claude Whatham was born on 7 December 1927 in Manchester, England, UK. Claude was a director and producer, known for Hoodwink (1981), Plays of Today (1969) and The Verdict Is Yours (1958). Claude was married to Ann Shaw.
- Director, Producer, Production Designer
- December 7, 1927
- Claude Whatham
- January 4, 2008
Claude Whatham. Director. 2 December 1927 to 4 January 2008. A director who enjoyed success in television and film, Whatham won acclaim for the small screen productions of A Voyage Round My Father (1969) and Cider With Rosie (1971). Feature credits, though fewer, include That’ll Be The Day (1973), Swallows & Amazons (1974) and All Creatures ...
Feb 14, 2014 · Claude Whatham profiled by Tom E Parkinson in the Oldham Evening Chronicle 18th April 1974. For a full list of Claude’s film and television credits please click here. Sophie Neville with director Claude Whatham, Ronald Fraser and DOP Denis Lewiston outside the catering bus parked at Derwentwater in the Lake District ~ photo: Daphne Neville
Claude Whatham was born on 7 December 1927 in Manchester, England, UK. Claude was a director and producer, known for Hoodwink (1981), Plays of Today (1969) and The Verdict Is Yours (1958). Claude was married to Ann Shaw.
- December 7, 1927
- January 4, 2008
In the 1940s, during the Second World War, the young evacuee Claude Watham created a series of highly coloured pantomime decorations in order to spruce up the Waterloo Chamber. Due to the threat of bomb damage the Lawrence portraits were removed from their frames, leaving bare spaces in their stead. Mr Tanner, headmaster of the local Royal Estate school, directed various pantomimes in the Chamber, the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret performing alongside pupils from the little school ...
Jan 4, 2008 · Claude Whatham (born 7 December 1927 in Manchester - died 4 January 2008) was an English Film and television director mainly known for his work on dramas. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claude Whatham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
