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The lunch club was established in 1994, by producer Martin Cahill, as a non-profit making, and politically neutral, networking society and has grown to become the film, tv and media industry's premiere café du commerce.
Monthly lunches are held in London's West End (and a Brighton away-day lunch during the summer), with an invited guest speaker. Some of our previous speakers include:
Producers Duncan Kenworthy, Michael Kuhn, Michael Cowan, Nik
Powell, Marc Samuelson, Richard Holmes and Jeremy Bolt. Directors
Roy Ward Baker, Vic Armstrong, Jack Cardiff, Ronnie Neame, and
Ray Harryhausen.
Executives Stewart Till (Chairman The Film Council and UIP), David Thompson (BBC Films), Peter Bennett-Jones (Tiger Aspect), John Woodward (CEO, Film Council), Elaine Bedell (BBC Independent Executive); Sir Roger Moore (Actor \ Director); Patsy Pollock (Casting Director); Robin Duval (BBFC); Dr Kim Howells MP (Film Minister); Victor Spinetti (Actor); Gayle Gover (CTBF); Richard 'Jaws' Kiel (Actor \ Writer) & many, many more.
The lunch club also hosts 3 or 4 networking evenings each year, such as Question Time, The Film World Meets The Book World, Quiz Night and An Evening With ... many of which are free or subsidised to members. Membership is inexpensive and open to all in the media business.
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Leonard White
Producer, Director and Actor
Thursday 21st August 2008
Our popular summer away-day lunch continues this year, again in Brighton.
Leonard White is an industry legend. He started his career as an actor, with highpoints in London's West-end, New York and Toronto before his career was interrupted by WWII. Returning to the business in 1946, his first experience of being "on camera" was an extra in "The Silver Darlings" at Welwyn Garden City Studios, swiftly followed by live TV work in the early days of the BBC service at "Ally Pally".
Leonard then turned his attentions to theatre as a director at the Oxford Playhouse and over the next ten years at many of the UK Repertory company theatres, along with some in Canada. Whilst in Canada, he had the great fortune to be trained in Television Production/Direction by CBC TV in Toronto, in readiness for their new service. It proved to be an excellent training course for both Public-service and Commercial broadcasting.
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The Martin Cahill Memorial Lecture
Greg Dyke
Former BBC Director General, and now Chairman of the BFI will deliver this years lecture.
October 29th, 2008
More information coming soon
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