- Jack Lee (film director)
Jack Lee (
27 January 1913 –15 October 2002 ) was a film director, writer, editor and producer.Wilfred John Raymond Lee was born in the village of
Slad near Stroud inGloucestershire . Among his films are "The Wooden Horse " (1950) [www.radiotimes.com [http://www.radiotimes.com/servlet_film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?searchText=Jack%20Lee&pseudonym=&searchTypeSelect=12] ] , a Second World War film; "A Town like Alice" (1956), starringVirginia McKenna andPeter Finch , based onNeville Shute 's novel [Halliwells Film 2007 ISBN-13: 978-0007234707] ; and "Robbery Under Arms" (1957), a Western-style adventure set inAustralia , based on the 1888 novel by "Rolf Boldrewood ". He set up and served as chairman (1976-1981) of theSouth Australian Film Commission (now part of the nationalAustralian Film Commission ), which started the careers ofBruce Beresford andPeter Weir .Jack Lee was the eldest brother of
Laurie Lee , author of "Cider with Rosie ", but the two were never on good terms. The rivalry may have started when Jack was sent togrammar school (Marling School in Stroud), an advantage not granted to Laurie [ [http://www.oxforddnb.com DNB] ] . He was married two times, in 1946 to Nora Dawson (nee Nora Francisca Blackburne) after her divorce fromAdam Alexander Dawson [The way we were: my life in pictures, The Times August 23, 2005] , and in 1963 to Isabel Kidman, and had two children. He returned frequently to England but spent the rest of his life inAustralia , and died inSydney in 2002.References
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