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Ronald Elwin Neame CBE BSC was an English film producer, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Beginning his career as a cinematographer, for his work on the British war film One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1943) he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Special Effects. During a partnership with director David Lean, he produced Brief Encounter (1945), Great Expectations (1946), and Oliver Twist (1948), receiving two Academy Award nominations for writing.
Born
Sunday, 23 April 1911
Died
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The 83rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2011 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius | Self | 1999 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema | Self | 1996 |
| The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen | Self | 1995 |
| Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood | Self / Himself | 1995 |
| Reputations | Self - Assistant Cameraman, Blackmail | 1994 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Himself-Interviewee | 1985 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The 83rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2011 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius | Self | 1999 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema | Self | 1996 |
| The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen | Self | 1995 |
| Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood | Self / Himself | 1995 |
| Reputations | Self - Assistant Cameraman, Blackmail | 1994 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Himself-Interviewee | 1985 |
| The Golden Gong | Himself-Interviewee / Self -Interviewee | 1985 |
| First Monday in October | Speaker Over PA System at tennis court | 1981 |
| Meteor | British Representative | 1979 |
| The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Magic Balloon | 1990 |
| Foreign Body | 1986 |
| First Monday in October | 1981 |
| Hopscotch | 1980 |
| Meteor | 1979 |
| The Odessa File | 1974 |
| The Poseidon Adventure | 1972 |
| Scrooge: A Christmas Carol | 1970 |
| Scrooge | 1970 |
| Hello-Goodbye | 1970 |
| The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | 1969 |
| Prudence and the Pill | 1968 |
| Gambit | 1966 |
| A Man Could Get Killed | 1966 |
| Mister Moses | 1965 |
| The Chalk Garden | 1964 |
| I Could Go on Singing | 1963 |
| Escape from Zahrain | 1962 |
| Tunes of Glory | 1960 |
| The Horse's Mouth | 1958 |
| Windom's Way | 1957 |
| The Seventh Sin | 1957 |
| The Man Who Never Was | 1956 |
| Man with a Million | 1954 |
| The Promoter | 1952 |
| Golden Salamander | 1950 |
| Take My Life | 1947 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Escape from Zahrain | 1962 |
| The Horse's Mouth | 1958 |
| The Magic Box | 1952 |
| Golden Salamander | 1950 |
| The Passionate Friends | 1949 |
| Oliver Twist | 1948 |
| Great Expectations | 1946 |
| Brief Encounter | 1945 |
| This Happy Breed | 1944 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1948 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay | Nominated |
| 1947 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay | Nominated |
| 1943 | Oscar | Best Effects, Special Effects | Nominated |
