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Simon Relph is a Producer and Assistant Director British born on 13 april 1940

Simon Relph

Simon Relph
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Birth name Simon George Michael Relph
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 13 april 1940
Death 30 october 2016 (at 76 years)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Simon Relph (born 13 April 1940) is a British assistant film director and producer. He is the former chairman of the BAFTA Foundation Trustees. He was a member of the jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.

Best films

Reds
Reds
(1981)
(Executive Producer) A Touch of Class
A Touch of Class
(1973)
(Assistant Director) Anne of the Thousand Days
Anne of the Thousand Days
(1969)
(Assistant Director)

Usually with

Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty
(1 films)
Noel Davis
Noel Davis
(4 films)
Don Sharpe
Don Sharpe
(5 films)
Luciana Arrighi
Luciana Arrighi
(3 films)
Simon Kaye
Simon Kaye
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Simon Relph (22 films)

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Producer

Hideous Kinky
Hideous Kinky (1999)
, 1h38
Directed by Gillies MacKinnon
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Kate Winslet, Saïd Taghmaoui, Pierre Clémenti, Kevin McKidd, Peter Youngblood Hills, Abigail Cruttenden
Roles Executive Producer
Rating60% 3.000583.000583.000583.000583.00058
In 1972, disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia heads for Morocco with her daughters, six-year-old Lucy and eight-year-old Bea. Living in a low-rent Marrakech hotel, the trio survive on the sale of hand-sewn dolls and money from the girls' father, a London poet who also has a child from another woman.
The Land Girls
The Land Girls (1998)
, 1h51
Directed by David Leland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Paul Bettany, Steven Mackintosh, Tom Georgeson
Roles Producer
Rating61% 3.099563.099563.099563.099563.09956
During both World War I and World War II, the Women's Land Army was set up in the United Kingdom, to recruit women to work at farms where men had left to go to war. Women in the WLA were nicknamed "land girls".
Blue Juice
Blue Juice (1995)
, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Surfing films
Actors Sean Pertwee, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ewan McGregor, Steven Mackintosh, Peter Gunn, Heathcote Williams
Roles Producer
Rating50% 2.5479052.5479052.5479052.5479052.547905
JC seems to have it all figured out. By day he runs a surf school, at night he lies down next to his beautiful girlfriend Chloe, his lifelong dream is to travel the world surfing. However, when old mates arrive from London unannounced it releases tensions which have long been simmering under the surface of JC and Chloe's seemingly perfect relationship. Chloe decides to buy the local surfer cafe and settle down, His friends, especially drug-dealer Dean are intent on causing mischief and sucking JC back into surfing a dangerous reef, which he had attempted before, seriously injuring his back.
The Secret Rapture
The Secret Rapture (1993)
, 1h37
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Juliet Stevenson, Joanne Whalley, Penelope Wilton, Neil Pearson, Alan Howard, Robert Stephens
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.9079252.9079252.9079252.9079252.907925
Estranged sisters Isobel and Marion are forced to reunite when their father dies and they must decide how to handle Katherine, their young, alcoholic, mentally unstable stepmother who has been left nothing but the rural home in which they were raised. Isobel and her lover Patrick own a small graphic design company that is struggling to stay afloat. Her sister suggests she and her born-again Christian husband Tom help them expand the business by finding investors and making Katherine a partner responsible for finding new business. Isobel has grave misgivings about the plan, but finally agrees to it when Marion convinces Patrick of its potential success. Before long, the strain of running the expanded business impacts Isobel's relationship with Patrick, who is becoming increasingly dependent upon her, while at the same time Katherine's tenuous hold on sanity begins to unravel.
Enchanted April
Enchanted April (1991)
, 1h35
Directed by Mike Newell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker, Joan Plowright, Alfred Molina, Neville Phillips
Roles Executive Producer
Rating72% 3.6456453.6456453.6456453.6456453.645645
Elizabeth von Arnim's novel tells of four dissimilar women in 1920s England who leave their rainy, grey environments to go on holiday in Italy. Mrs Arbuthnot and Mrs Wilkins, who belong to the same ladies' club but have never spoken, become acquainted after reading a newspaper advertisement for a small medieval castle on the shores of the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of April. They find some common ground in that both are struggling to make the best of unhappy marriages. Having decided to seek other ladies to help share expenses, they reluctantly take on the waspish, elderly Mrs Fisher and the stunning but aloof Lady Caroline Dester. The four women come together at the castle and find rejuvenation in the tranquil beauty of their surroundings, rediscovering hope and love.
Comrades
Comrades (1987)
, 3h3
Directed by Bill Douglas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Political films
Actors Keith Allen, William Gaminara, Phil Davis, Alex Norton, Arthur Dignam, James Fox
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.637433.637433.637433.637433.63743
C'est l'histoire des Martyrs de Tolpuddle . Des ouvriers agricoles du Dorset exploités par les propriétaires terriens s’organisent et créent la Société amicale des ouvriers agricoles (Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers). En 1834, ils sont déportés en Australie.
The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier (1983)
, 1h39
Directed by Alan Bridges
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret, Ian Holm, Frank Finlay
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.3384753.3384753.3384753.3384753.338475
In 1914, a group of British soldiers is preparing to leave to fight in The Great War in France led by Captain Chris Baldry (Bates). He appears at one final farewell party thrown by his wife, Kitty (Christie), and throughout he seems withdrawn and distant.
The Ploughman's Lunch
The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
, 1h47
Directed by Richard Eyre
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry, Rosemary Harris, Frank Finlay, David de Keyser, Bill Paterson
Roles Producer
Rating61% 3.092063.092063.092063.092063.09206
James Penfield (Pryce) is an ambitious London-based BBC radio reporter, from humble origins but Oxford-educated. He is commissioned to write a book on the Suez Crisis and undertakes this commission, claiming not to be a socialist, at the same time as the 1982 Falklands War is starting to dominate the British media.
Reds
Reds (1981)
, 3h4
Directed by Warren Beatty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about anarchism, Politique, Political films
Actors Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman
Roles Executive Producer
Rating72% 3.647033.647033.647033.647033.64703
The film covers the life of John Reed and Louise Bryant from their first meeting to Reed's final days in 1920 Russia. Interspersed throughout the narrative, several surviving witnesses from the time period give their recollections of Reed, Bryant, their colleagues and friends, and the era itself. A number of them have mixed views of Bryant and her relationship with Reed.

Director

The Ploughman's Lunch
The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
, 1h47
Directed by Richard Eyre
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry, Rosemary Harris, Frank Finlay, David de Keyser, Bill Paterson
Roles Assistant Director
Rating61% 3.092063.092063.092063.092063.09206
James Penfield (Pryce) is an ambitious London-based BBC radio reporter, from humble origins but Oxford-educated. He is commissioned to write a book on the Suez Crisis and undertakes this commission, claiming not to be a socialist, at the same time as the 1982 Falklands War is starting to dominate the British media.
Reds
Reds (1981)
, 3h4
Directed by Warren Beatty
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about anarchism, Politique, Political films
Actors Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman
Roles Assistant Director
Rating72% 3.647033.647033.647033.647033.64703
The film covers the life of John Reed and Louise Bryant from their first meeting to Reed's final days in 1920 Russia. Interspersed throughout the narrative, several surviving witnesses from the time period give their recollections of Reed, Bryant, their colleagues and friends, and the era itself. A number of them have mixed views of Bryant and her relationship with Reed.
Yanks
Yanks (1979)
, 2h18
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Rachel Roberts, Lisa Eichhorn, Chick Vennera
Roles Assistant Director
Rating63% 3.196873.196873.196873.196873.19687
This film opens with the narration: "From early 1942 until the invasion of Europe over a million Americans landed in Britain. They came to serve on other battle fronts or to man the vast U.S. bases in England. Hardly a city, town or village remained untouched."