Dick Fontaine is an English

England

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 documentary film

Documentary film

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maker, currently head of documentary direction at the National Film and Television School

National Film and Television School

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 (UK).

Fontaine was one of the founders of Granada Television

Granada Television

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's World in Action

World in Action

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series. He has made numerous films on African American

African American

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 music and other closely related topics, including Beat This: A Hip-Hop History

Beat This: A Hip-Hop History

Beat This: A Hip-Hop History is a 1984 BBC documentary film about hip-hop culture, directed by Dick Fontaine. The cast includes Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc — the film includes footage from Herc's original dance parties — The Cold Crush Brothers, Jazzy Jay, Brim Fuentes, and The Dynamic Rockers....

(1984) and Bombin' (1988). In all, he has made over 40 documentaries.

By his wife, the African American

African American

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 actress Pat Hartley (who appeared in several Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

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 films, as well as Rainbow Bridge

Rainbow Bridge

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and Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners is a novel by Colin MacInnes, written and set in 1958 London, England. It was published in 1959. The novel is the second of MacInnes' London Trilogy, coming after City Of Spades and before Mr. Love and Justice...

), he is the father of writer, music critic and editor Smokey Fontaine

Smokey Fontaine

Smokey D. Fontaine is an American writer, music critic and editor. he is editor-in-chief of Giant magazine. Sincs 2007, he also has been Chief Content Officer of Interactive One, a digital network.-Life:...

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External links

• An introduction of documentary film by Dick Fontaine (in traditional Chinese, written by Shih-Lun CHANG)