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Director, Producer Death: September 28, 1997 Biography:British television producer "David Gill" spent most of his career closely associated with director/silent film scholar "Kevin Brownlow". Together the two created the highly successful Hollywood series that centered on the movie capital during the silent era. The duo also made three excellent biographical documentaries of the lives of "Charles Chaplin", "Harold Lloyd", and "Buster Keaton".
The son of a missionary doctor, Gill was born in New Guinea but raised in Cardiff, England, from the age of five. After WWII ended, Gill studied dance and then toured with the Sadlers Wells Ballet. He joined the newly founded Independent Television network in 1955. By 1968 he had begun making documentaries for their London weekday station, Thames Television. At this time, Gill was traveling the world covering its hottest issues. He and "Brownlow" were introduced by "Jeremy Isaacs" in 1975. In 1980, the pair... Full Biography | |||
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