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Catacombs Credits Guide
Lane joined AP Films as a director in 1964. He directed episodes of Thunderbirds and UFO and both Thunderbirds films. He became a producer of Joe 90 and The Secret Service, and was associate producer on the 5 Star 5 film project. He also wrote episodes of UFO, and he edited The Investigator and Into Infinity. He was asked to direct on Space: 1999, but preferred to work in editing on Year 1. In Year 2 he acted as a middle man between the directors, many of whom were new to science fiction and effects, and the special effects crew.
He was a visual coordinator on Superman (1978) and Supergirl (1984). More recently he has worked as a producer of television commercials. He appears in the These Episodes documentary (2005).
Born 1930, Watts entered the film business in 1950 as a focus puller. He has worked on many television series, including The Baron (1965), The Avengers, The Champions (1968), Randall & Hopkirk Deceased (1968), Department S (1970), Jason King (1971), The Adventurer (1972) and The Zoo Gang (1974). He joined Gerry Anderson on the series The Protectors and also worked on Into Infinity and Space Police. Other work included Return Of The Saint (1978), Hammer House Of Horror (1980), Hammer House Of Mystery & Suspense (1984) and the U.S. miniseries Internal Affairs (1990).
He worked on the films Educating Rita (1982) and Daryl (1985). He died in 1994.
Binney began as a clapper loader on Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949), and became a camera operator on the series Gideon C.I.D. (1965). He worked on films from comedies such as Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968) and Mutiny on the Buses (1972) to many Hammer horror films such as Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) and The Vampire Lovers (1970). Other films include The Dark Crystal (1982), Conan the Destroyer (1984), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Nuns on the Run (1990), Memphis Belle (1990), Alien 3 (1992) and Fierce Creatures (1998).
TV series include Return of the Saint (1978), Quatermass (1979), Hammer House of Horror (1980), The Far Pavilions (1984), Jeeves and Wooster (1991), Peak Practice (1993) and Minder (1993-4). He also worked on Anderson's Into Infinity (1975) and Space Precinct (1994).
Focus puller on The Saint (1969)
Originally a music editor, he moved into film editing with Gerry Anderson's series. Danger Man (1964-1967), Man in a Suitcase (1967), Joe 90 (1968), UFO (1970), The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972), Star Maidens (1976), The New Avengers (1976), The Professionals (1982), Anderson's Terrahawks (1983), the Bond film The Living Daylights (1987), Agatha Christie's Poirot (1993).
Born 1914, died 1980. The Persuaders (1971), The Adventurer (1972)
The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957), Warlords Of Atlantis (1978), Clash Of The Titans (1981), Octopussy (1983), American Gothic (1988).
Script supervisor on For Your Eyes Only (1981), Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom (1986), Lionheart (1987).
Born 1931, John G. Taylor held chairs of Physics at Southampton University and Rutgers University, New York, before becoming Professor of Mathematics at King's College, London. He also acted in plays and films, directed stage productions in Oxford and Cambridge, and wrote science fiction plays. He has appeared in discussions and documentaries on popular science issues, He is particularly interested in the fringe sciences and the supernatural, and was initially very open minded, though he later became a sceptic. His popular science books include The Shape Of Minds To Come (1971), The New Physics (1972), Black Holes: The End Of The Universe? (1973), Super Minds (1975) and Science and the Supernatural (1980)
Later his academic work concentrated on neural networks, including applying the theory to hedge funds. He died in 2012.
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