Robert Day
Birthday:
September 11, 1922 in Sheen, England, UK
Birth Name:
Robert Frederick Day
Robert Day worked his way up from clapper boy to camera operator to full-fledged lensman in his native England before giving directing a shot in the mid-1950s. His first film as director, the black-comic Une bombe pas comme les autres (1956) for the writer-producer team of 'Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, garnered fine reviews and a classic ...
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Robert Day worked his way up from clapper boy to camera operator to full-fledged lensman in his native England before giving directing a shot in the mid-1950s. His first film as director, the black-comic Une bombe pas comme les autres (1956) for the writer-producer team of 'Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, garnered fine reviews and a classic notoriety; using this as a starting point, Day went on to become one of the industry's busiest directors. He relocated to Hollywood in the 1960s and began directing scads of TV episodes and made-for-TV movies on this side of the Atlantic. He occasionally turns up in bits in his own productions, including Grip of the Strangler (1958), Le paradis des monte-en-l'air (1960), the mini-series Peter and Paul (1981), etc. Show less «
[reflecting on his career] Well, one is never really happy, one always wants to do better. I would like to do more good movies and good stor...Show more »
[reflecting on his career] Well, one is never really happy, one always wants to do better. I would like to do more good movies and good stories--I would like to read something I want to do, a good story. Show less «
[on the virtues of low-budget filmmaking] That's the interesting thing that happens with these low-budget movies--that's why so often direct...Show more »
[on the virtues of low-budget filmmaking] That's the interesting thing that happens with these low-budget movies--that's why so often directors make their best movies when they don't have that much money. They have to use their imaginations instead. Show less «
