- Born
- DiedApril 2022 · UK
- Birth nameDerrick John Goodwin
- Derrick Goodwin was born on July 6, 1935 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Albert! (1969), Mixed Blessings (1978) and The Train Now Standing (1972). He was married to Nell Curran. He died in April 2022 in the UK.
- SpouseNell Curran(1980 - April 3, 2022) (his death)
- Started out in stage management at the Royal Court Theatre and then went to Leicester, where in 1960 he converted an old school and started the Living Theatre Company with Ken Loach, Jill Gascoine and Brian Grellis.
- In the 1970s he was as artistic director of the Dundee Repertory Company. It was where he met the actor Nell Curran who became his wife in 1980.
- He spent a period in Canada, setting up a new drama and entertainment department for the Canadian Broadcasting Company, and on returning to the UK worked for the BBC and London Weekend Television, Thames TV and Yorkshire TV.
- Had a Swedish mother and a British father, they divorced when he was a baby.
- Was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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