Bill Mason (director)
Rowland Hill Berkeley Mason (9 November 1915 – 17 January 2002),[1] better known as Bill Mason, was an English documentary film maker and scriptwriter.
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Life
Mason was born in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England and was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, between 1929 and 1934.[2]
In the 1940s, he moved to Hampstead Heath, London,[3] with his wife and son Nick Mason, who became the drummer of Pink Floyd.[1] A filmmaker and amateur racing car driver, because of a lifelong passion for motor sports Bill Mason specialized in observing them as a maker of documentary films.[3] His enthusiasm for the world of motoring was passed on to his son Nick, who wrote about them in his book Into the Red (2004).[4][5] Mason's success was such that Nick was given an Aston Martin sports car as a teenager.[3]
As well as making films, Mason was also a scriptwriter.[1]
Filmography as director
References
- Bill Mason Archived 2010-01-21 at the Wayback Machine at bfi.org.uk (accessed 16 October 2007)
- Old Greshamian Club Address Book 1999 (Cheverton & Son Ltd., Cromer, 1999)
- Pink Floyd Members Archived 2011-11-04 at the Wayback Machine at angelfire.com (accessed 16 October 2007)
- Into the Red by Nick Mason and Mark Hales (Virgin Books, 2004) ISBN 978-1-85227-225-8
- Review of Into the Red at rbooks.co.uk (accessed 16 October 2007)
- Bill Mason at IMDb (accessed 16 October 2007)