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In the Director's Chair

Series investigating the secret lives of some of cinema's greatest directors

World Service,4 episodes

Episodes

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David Lean
'What drove David Lean to become one of our greatest ever film-makers?'
20 Jul 2000,12 mins
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel, director of some of the 'psychologically truest films ever made'
21 Jul 2000,13 mins
Orson Welles
The maverick nature and career of film director Orson Welles
22 Jul 2000,11 mins
Stanley Kubrick
How did chess influence the plots of the films of Stanley Kubrick?
14 Sep 2000,13 mins