Jack Howells

Thomas John "Jack" Howells (July 1913 - 6 September 1990) was a Welsh film-maker, who is best remembered for his documentary Dylan Thomas, the only Welsh film to have won an Academy Award, for Documentary Short Subject in 1963.^[1]

Career

Howells was born in Abertysswg near Rhymney and was a school teacher before switching to film-making. Although best known for his impressionistic and lyrical documentaries, he also wrote screenplays for feature films, including Front Page Story (1953) and 'Skid Kids (1953).^[2]

Selected filmography

Cricket (1950) - scriptwriter

References

^ "New York Times: Dylan Thomas". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.

External links

Jack Howells at IMDb

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[NY_Times-1] "New York Times: Dylan Thomas". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-05-26.

[2] Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.

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