Arthur Howes
Arthur Joseph Christopher Howes | |
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| Born | 15 July 1950 |
| Died | 29 November 2004 |
| Notable work | Kafi's Story (1989)
Nuba Conversations (2000) Benjamin and his Brother (2002) |
Arthur Howes (15 July 1950 – 29 November 2004) was a documentary film maker and teacher.
Life
[edit]Howes was born in Gibraltar on 15 July 1950, and moved to London as a teenager.[1] He was married to Amy Hardie and had one son. He died from lung cancer in London on 29 November 2004, aged 54.[2]
Career
[edit]Howes studied teaching, then film-making at the Polytechnic of Central London.[2] He went on to have a long career in documentary film-making and was particularly known for a trilogy about the Sudanese civil war.[3] He also taught during his career at University of Essex and the London College of Printing.[2] At this time of his death he was working on a film Bacchanalias Bahianas 1-5 which was left unfinished. He had worked on this film in Brazil and it focussed on beach culture in Bahia.[3]
Sudanese films
[edit]- Kafi's Story (1989)
- Nuba Conversations (2000)
- Benjamin and his Brother (2002)
References
[edit]- ^ "Arthur Howes". telegraph.co.uk. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ a b c Geiger, Jeffrey (7 December 2004). "Arthur Howes". theguardian.com. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ a b Turner, Jenny (8 December 2004). "Arthur Howes Documentary film-maker in Sudan". independent.co.uk (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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