Life
Mason was born in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England and was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, between 1929 and 1934.
In the 1940s he moved to Hampstead Heath, London, with his wife and son Nick Mason, who became the drummer of Pink Floyd. A film-maker and amateur racing car driver, because of a lifelong passion for motor sports Bill Mason specialized in observing them as a maker of documentary films. His enthusiasm for the world of motoring was passed on to his son Nick, who wrote about them in his book Into the Red (2004). Mason's success was such that Nick was given an Aston Martin sports car as a teenager.
As well as making films, Mason was also a scriptwriter.
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