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Clive Stanley Donner (21 January 1926 – 6 September 2010) was a British film director who was part of the British New Wave, directing films such as The Caretaker, Nothing but the Best, What's New Pussycat?, and Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.
Clive Donner. Director: The Guest. British director Clive Donner was born in West Hampstead, London, England. By age 18 he was already working in the film business, as an office clerk at Denham Studios. He eventually became an editor and then graduated to the director's chair.
Sep 9, 2010 · Clive Donner, who helped define the British New Wave with films like “The Caretaker” and “Nothing but the Best” and directed the emblematic swinging ’60s film “What’s New Pussycat?,” died on...
Sep 7, 2010 · Film director Clive Donner, who helped launch the careers of actors such as Sir Ian McKellen and Alan Bates, has died at the age of 84. He had Alzheimer's and died in London, his family said.
British director Clive Donner was born in West Hampstead, London, England. By age 18 he was already working in the film business, as an office clerk at Denham Studios. He eventually became an editor and then graduated to the director's chair.
Sep 8, 2010 · Once upon a time, back in the days when London was swinging, there was a director called Clive Donner whose unique voice captured the spirit of the age. Like John Hughes two decades later, but with a distinctly darker edge, he talked about disaffection, counterculture and angry young men before they were a part of mainstream discourse.
Clive Donner, 1926-2010. Stylish director who shifted from Britain’s New Wave to the Swinging 60s; 21 January 1926–6 September 2010. Web exclusive. In his 1960s heyday, Clive Donner was hailed as one of Britain’s most gifted directors, compared by critics to Bresson and Buñuel.
Donner established his international reputation with a stylish farce What's New, Pussycat? (US/France, 1965) written by Woody Allen and starring Peter O'Toole as a serial womaniser and Peter Sellers as the wacky psycho-analyst who attempts to cure him.
Sep 6, 2010 · Clive Stanley Donner was a British film director who was a defining part of the British New Wave, directing films such as The Caretaker, Nothing But the Best, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush and What's New Pussycat? He also directed television movies and commercials through the mid-1990s.
A British filmmaker who rose to prominence during the 1960s, Donner directed a diverse range of films including an acclaimed adaptation of Pinter’s The Caretaker (1963), What’s New Pussycat? (1965) and Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (1968) as well as the BAFTA nominated television play Rogue Male (1976).
