June Randal was presented with the Eon/GBCT Lifetime
Achievement Award for Script Supervisors on 2nd June 2007. The
chosen venue was the Nine Kings Suite at the Royal Lancaster Hotel
in London.
The Guild of British Camera Technicians (GBCT) was
created in 1977 during the filming of the movie Superman. From
a very small and humble meeting of four camera technicians, seated
inside Christopher Reeve's caravan at Pinewood Studios, today
the GBCT has a membership of close to five hundred camera technicians
of all grades, and the number continues to rise.
Currently the GBCT has the honour of including
Lord Richard Attenborough CBE, Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE and film
director Richard Lester as its Trustees. The two charities chosen
to benefit from the occasion (the Cinema and Television Benevolent
Fund and UNICEF) are both organisations that enjoy the close support
of Sir Roger.
Photograph
© Chris Barron
Up until recently the GBCT Awards had usually been presented
at the annual Operators' Night dinner of the British Society of
Cinematographers, but as this year is the Guild's thirtieth anniversary
it was decided that this time they would be presented at the first
of what, they hope, will be many independent functions.
In all eight awards were presented:
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The CTV-OB/GBCT Award for Best Live Event Operator
(won by Alf Tramontin)
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The GBCT Award for Best Gaffer: (won by Peter
Bloor)
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The Chapman-Leonard/GBCT Award for Best Grip
(won by David Appleby)
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The Panavision/GBCT Focus Puller's Knob (won
by Rawdon Hayne)
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The Arri/GBCT Award for Best Camera Operator
(won by Roger Pearce for Casino Royale)
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The Camera Revolution/GBCT Award for Best Cinematography
(won by Dick Pope BSC for The Illusionist)
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The AFM/David Lenham Award for Excellence (won
by Dennis Fraser MBE)
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The final award of the evening was the Eon/GBCT
Lifetime Achievement Award
for Script Supervisors, and with the generous support and assistance
of
Barbara Broccoli and Eon Productions, Sir Roger kindly agreed
to fly to
London to attend the celebrations and to present this award
to script
supervisor June Randall.
June first started working in the British Film Industry in the
1940s, and she has worked with Sir Roger over many years, from
episodes on the television series The Saint (1962) through to
such feature films as The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), The Wild Geese
(1978) and A View to a Kill (1985). Because of their close working
relationship, Sir Roger's presence at the event was kept secret
in order to make it as big a surprise as possible for June. She
clearly enjoyed the evening because not only did she receive her
Lifetime Achievement Award, but she also won a case of champagne
in the charity raffle.
Many thanks to Simon Mills, Ryan Amadin and Chris Barron for
their great help.
Link: The
Guild of British Camera Technicians
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