Denis Gifford - Career in Cinema: 1963-67

Career in Cinema: 1963-67

Although a highly respected film historian, Gifford's professional involvement in cinema was relatively limited. However, in the 1950s and 1960s he directed and photographed a number of short films, most of which were publicity and public information films commissioned by the British Government. He also produced and directed the Pathe newsreel Highlight: The Singing Cinema (1964), a compilation of extracts from British musical films from 1929-64.

Gifford scripted the Space Race spoof Carry on Spaceman in 1962, but although scheduled the film was not shot.