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Maurice Hatton

Maurice Hatton

British screenwriter and film director

Maurice Hatton (22 May 1938 – 25 October 1997) was a British screenwriter and film director.[1][2][3]

After training as a photographer, Hatton became involved in making documentary films, as a founder of Mithras Films in 1962, moving into making feature films several years later.[4]

Hatton was also on the BFI Production Board.[5]

Hatton died in 1997 after a heart attack.[4]

Selected filmography

Director

References

  1. [1]
    "Maurice Hatton". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. [2]
    Monaco, James (2000). How to Read a Film: The World of Movies, Media, and Multimedia. Oxford University Press. p. 325. ISBN 9780195038699. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. [3]
    Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 239. ISBN 9780810861381. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. [4]
    Wood, Michael (28 October 1997). "Maurice Hatton: A tough-minded view of utopia". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. [5]
    Franklin, Ieuan (2014). "Roadblocks and Roads Not Taken". Journal of British Cinema and Television. 11 (4). Edinburgh University Press. doi:10.3366/jbctv.2014.0228. Retrieved 30 March 2022.


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