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Leslie Megahey

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born December 22, 1944Died August 27, 2022 (77 years)
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)

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Earth

Known For

  • Earth
  • The Advocate
  • Schalcken the Painter
  • Leonardo
  • The Mysteries of Hieronymus Bosch
  • Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
  • Diary for a Tale

Leslie Megahey Filmography

1991
The Complete Citizen Kane · as Executive Producer
1990
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis · as Executive Producer
1987
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1987
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown · as Executive Producer
1983
The Mysteries of Hieronymus Bosch · as Executive Producer
1975
Arena (1975) (TV Series)
1967
Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

1991
1967
Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)

1990
1975
Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator

2003
Leonardo (TV Series) · as Series Producer
1998
Diary for a Tale · as Adaptation

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