Michael Leeston-Smith

Michael Leeston-Smith born in 1916, (aged 94 or 95) is a British director.

Leeston-Smith took a job at Ealing Studios in 1932, aged 16. He worked there as a photographer and assistant sound engineer. In 1938 he was sent by the BBC to their studios in Daventry.^[1]

During the Second World War, Leeston-Smith was part of the Royal Horse Artillery. After the war, he got a job at Alexandra Palace studios. In 1953, he took a job as a sound engineer on the mini-series The Quatermass Experiment and two years later was a production assistant on the sequel, Quatermass II. In the 1960s, Leeston-Smith started work as a director. He directed a number of episodes of Z-Cars, R3 and the Doctor Who episode The Myth Makers. After a period as a freelance director, Leeston-Smith moved to South Africa in 1973 to work for the SABC when it was starting up its television broadcasts.^[1]

He is the oldest living fomer director of Doctor Who.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Interview with Michael Leeston-Smith". 8 July 1992. p. 19–20. 

External links

• Michael Leeston-Smith at the Internet Movie Database

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