Arthur Ellis(I)
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Started in industry 1972, working at Columbia Pictures, Wardour Street
as a runner. 1974 won Yorkshire Arts script award which helped finance
first directed short film, Terminus, starring Scott Anthony, gaining
him access to National Film School at the old Beaconsfield studios.
Worked as writer/director since 1979, directing mostly commercials
(Amro, Hertz, Barclay's, B.A.T etc)and rock videos (Status Quo, Grace
Slick, Twisted Sister etc)
Commissioned to write numerous features in UK and USA for a lot of solid people, including Oliver Stone, Moustapha Akaard (Halloween) and Hammer Films, most of which, for the usual variety of reasons, never made it into production.
Had his brilliant 90-minute drama The Black and Blue Lamp, a satire on TV portrayals of the police from 'The Blue Lamp' to the present day, produced by the BBC in 1987, directed by Guy Barker, starring Kenneth Cranham, Karl Johnson, Sean Chapman, Ralph Brown & John Woodvine
Cracked up while trying to direct first (and thus far only) feature, Psychotherapy, a risible exercise in directorial and production futility, which saw him end up in a nut ward and out of action for nearly six years. Never seen finished film, which was retitled Don't Get Me Started.
Better known for short comedy films, A Turnip Head's Guide To Alan Parker, Chuck Norris - The Man His Music, Stanley Kubrick Goes Shopping, all featuring Peter Wight.
As of 2013, rewrites,occasionally writing for radio, but mainly writing prose fiction under another name; also awaiting publication of Not Quite Psycho, a factual account of his trying to deal with psychosis in the film industry.
Commissioned to write numerous features in UK and USA for a lot of solid people, including Oliver Stone, Moustapha Akaard (Halloween) and Hammer Films, most of which, for the usual variety of reasons, never made it into production.
Had his brilliant 90-minute drama The Black and Blue Lamp, a satire on TV portrayals of the police from 'The Blue Lamp' to the present day, produced by the BBC in 1987, directed by Guy Barker, starring Kenneth Cranham, Karl Johnson, Sean Chapman, Ralph Brown & John Woodvine
Cracked up while trying to direct first (and thus far only) feature, Psychotherapy, a risible exercise in directorial and production futility, which saw him end up in a nut ward and out of action for nearly six years. Never seen finished film, which was retitled Don't Get Me Started.
Better known for short comedy films, A Turnip Head's Guide To Alan Parker, Chuck Norris - The Man His Music, Stanley Kubrick Goes Shopping, all featuring Peter Wight.
As of 2013, rewrites,occasionally writing for radio, but mainly writing prose fiction under another name; also awaiting publication of Not Quite Psycho, a factual account of his trying to deal with psychosis in the film industry.
