Ralph Keene
Nacimiento : 1902-07-07, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Muerte : 1963-01-01
Historia
Ralph Keene was an Indian-born British screenwriter, producer and film director. He is generally known for his work on documentaries. Following the Second World War he shot a number of non-fiction films outside Britain including in Cyprus, Ceylon and Persia.
Writer
Exploration of the Slimbridge Wild Fowl Trust in Gloucestershire, England, which boasts the largest collection of living wild fowl in the world.
Director
Documentary film about the track workers and "fluffers" (track cleaners) who maintain the London Underground system every night during the few hours when the trains are not running.
Director
Journey into Spring is a 1958 British short documentary film directed by Ralph Keene, and made by British Transport Films. The film -- partly a tribute to the work of the pioneering naturalist and ornithologist Gilbert White (1720-1793), author of The Natural History of Selborne -- features a commentary by the poet Laurie Lee, and camerawork by the wildlife cinematographer Patrick Carey. The journey suggested by the title is through time rather than space. In fact, two such journeys are made: the first back to the eighteenth century to pay tribute to the work of White, and the second studies the changing natural landscape near White's home town of Selborne in Hampshire between a typical March and May. It was nominated for two Academy Awards -- one for Best Documentary Short, and the other for Best Live Action Short.
Director
Between the Tides is a 1958 short documentary directed by Ralph Keene for British Transport Films.It is a study of the animal and plant life of Britain's shores. The film show the fascinating and colourful marine life of shoreline and rock pool, filmed in the inter-tidal zone of a typical and attractive rocky shore of southwest England. The amazing diversity of creatures must be seen to be believed; periwinkles, top-shells, starfish and lump suckers, the self-concealing flatfish, the gaper and razor fish and the commuting and breeding seabirds. Beautifully photographed in glorious Technicolor by resident cameraman Ron Craigen, the film was awarded fifteen international film honours, and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Director
An express freight train links manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain.
Adaptation
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
Producer
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.
Story
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.
Producer
A documentary that follows the flight of a BOAC Lancastrian airliner travelling from London to Sydney that offers some observations from the passengers and of the places en route (Sicily, Lydda, Karachi, Singapore and Darwin).
Producer
A look at a family living in Stoke-on-Trent in the 1940's and what it's like working in the pottery factories that Stoke is famous for.
Director
A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village.
Director
The original LCC project for the replanning and building of London explained by two architects responsible for the plan, Sir Patrick Abercrombie and JH Forshaw.
Writer
A look at everyday life in the crofting community of Achriesgill in Sutherland.
Director
A look at everyday life in the crofting community of Achriesgill in Sutherland.
Director
Profile of the Heart of England shires of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, and Warwickshire, and their important roles in feeding the nation.
Director
A documentary on modern British farming.
Writer
A look at the rural farming community during WW II and how farmers help stop food shortages during the war.
Director
A look at the rural farming community during WW II and how farmers help stop food shortages during the war.
Director
A short documentary about the work of the National Trust in Great Britain
Director
Christmas, during wartime.
Director
In a bid to encourage city-dwellers to leave behind the restrictions of war, 'The Green Girdle' escapes from the austere urban landscape of inner-city London and savours the natural delights of the capital’s rural surroundings.
Editor
Sharjah airport in the 1930's Showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers of the medium.
Director
Sharjah airport in the 1930's Showing the airport, town, Emirate and Imperial Airways staff. An early British documentary produced by many pioneers of the medium.
Script
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the lives of the Negombo fishermen of southern Ceylon.
Producer
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the lives of the Negombo fishermen of southern Ceylon.
