Gavin Millar

Funny Bones

Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—started, and where he spent the summers of his childhood.

Creative Process: Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of styles and techniques, collecting over 200 international awards, and world recognition. In Creative Process, director Donald McWilliams demystifies the process of artistic creation. Drawing on McLaren's private film vaults, a gold mine of experimental footage and uncompleted films, McWilliams explores McLaren's methods, including his celebrated "pixillation" technique, and his daring forays into animated surrealism.

Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios

Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus.

Talking Pictures: Quadrophenia

Episode of the BBC TV series focusing on Franc Roddam's 1979 film "Quadrophenia."

Monsieur Hulot's Work

Interview with French director Jacques Tati, focusing on his on-screen persona, Monsieur Hulot. Produced for the British television series "Omnibus".

The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees

The career of Scots-Canadian animation innovator, Norman McLaren.