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      Clive Donner

      Clive Donner

      Highest Rated: 86% The Caretaker (1964)

      Lowest Rated: 17% The Nude Bomb (1980)

      Birthday: Jan 21, 1926

      Birthplace: London, England, UK

      British director Clive Donner began his moviemaking career at the tender age of 16 in the cutting rooms of Denham Film Studios. He worked as an assistant editor on three pictures prior to his service in the Royal Navy, after which he returned to Denham to learn a thing or two about cutting film from director David Lean ("The Passionate Friends" 1948 and "Madeleine" 1949), himself a former editor. He moved to Pinewood Studios, establishing himself first as a full-fledged editor on movies like Brian Desmond Hurst's "Scrooge" (1950), Ronald Neame's "The Million Pound Note" (1953) and Henry Cornelius' "I Am a Camera" (1955) before cutting his teeth as a director on low-budgeters (i.e., his debut "The Secret Place" 1956, "Heart of a Child" 1958 and "Marriage of Convenience" 1960). Unprepared to go on churning out such fare, Donner turned to TV, directing episodes of popular series, documentaries and commercials.

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      CHARLIE CHAN AND THE CURSE OF THE DRAGON QUEEN, director Clive Donner, Peter Ustinov on set, 1981, (c) American Cinema Releasing ALFRED THE GREAT, director Clive Donner (at camera) shooting a scene on set, 1969
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet For Better and for Worse Director - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less Director - 1990
      No Score Yet 78% Stealing Heaven Director - 1988
      No Score Yet 50% Babes in Toyland Director - 1986
      No Score Yet 43% Dead Man's Folly Director - 1986
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Merlin and the Sword Director - 1985
      No Score Yet 36% Arthur the King Director - 1985
      No Score Yet 75% A Christmas Carol Director - 1984
      No Score Yet No Score Yet To Catch a King Director - 1983
      No Score Yet 89% The Scarlet Pimpernel Director - 1982
      No Score Yet 60% Oliver Twist Director - 1982
      29% 32% Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen Director - 1981
      No Score Yet No Score Yet She Fell Among Thieves Director - 1980
      17% 39% The Nude Bomb Director - 1980
      No Score Yet 44% The Thief of Baghdad Director - 1978
      No Score Yet 50% Rogue Male Director - 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Spectre Director - 1977
      No Score Yet 17% Old Dracula Director - 1974
      No Score Yet 64% Alfred the Great Director - 1969
      No Score Yet 23% Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Director,
      Producer       		- 1968
      No Score Yet 39% Luv Director - 1967
      32% 56% What's New, Pussycat? Director - 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Nothing but the Best Director - 1964
      86% 79% The Caretaker Director - 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Some People Director - 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sinister Man Director - 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Marriage of Convenience Director - 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Heart of a Child Director - 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Secret Place Director - 1958
      No Score Yet 61% The Purple Plain Film Editing - 1954
      86% 89% A Christmas Carol Film Editing - 1951

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlemagne Director 1995
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less Director 1990