Jack Bond (director)
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Jack Bond is a British film producer and director. He is best known for his work for The South Bank Show
and his creative partnership with the British writer, actor and director Jane Arden
(1927–1982) between 1965 and 1979.
In 1965 Bond made a documentary film with Salvador Dalí
, Dali in New York. Working with Jane Arden, Bond directed the award winning Separation
(1967), produced The Other Side of the Underneath
(1972) and co-directed Anti-Clock
(1979). These three films were reissued by the British Film Institute on Blu-ray and DVD on 13 July 2009.
In 1988 he directed the feature-length film It Couldn't Happen Here
featuring The Pet Shop Boys, as well as the music video for their single "Heart
".
In 2010 Bond was interviewed by VBS.TV and Jamie Reynolds of the Klaxons
for VBS Meets...Jack Bond. The video and article are available online.
The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show was a television arts magazine show, originally made by London Weekend Television , presented by Melvyn Bragg, broadcast on ITV and seen in over 60 countries worldwide — including Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States...
and his creative partnership with the British writer, actor and director Jane Arden
Jane Arden (director)
Jane Arden was a Welsh-born film director, actor, screenwriter, playwright, songwriter, and poet.-Early career:...
(1927–1982) between 1965 and 1979.
In 1965 Bond made a documentary film with Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....
, Dali in New York. Working with Jane Arden, Bond directed the award winning Separation
Separation (1967 film)
Separation, a film produced in 1967 and released in 1968, was written by and starred Jane Arden and directed by Jack Bond. The film explores the life of a middle-aged woman following the breakdown of her marriage...
(1967), produced The Other Side of the Underneath
The Other Side of the Underneath
The Other Side of the Underneath is a 1972 British feature film written and directed by Jane Arden and starring Sheila Allen, Liz Danciger, Penny Slinger, Ann Lynn, and Suzanka Fraey . Other members of the Holocaust Theatre Company appear in the film. It is the only British feature film in the...
(1972) and co-directed Anti-Clock
Anti-Clock
Anti-Clock is a 1979 film written and directed by Jane Arden, and co-directed by Jack Bond. The film, which stars Arden's son Sebastian Saville, was shot on film and video in colour and black and white sequences...
(1979). These three films were reissued by the British Film Institute on Blu-ray and DVD on 13 July 2009.
In 1988 he directed the feature-length film It Couldn't Happen Here
It Couldn't Happen Here
It Couldn't Happen Here is a 1988 musical film starring the British pop duo Pet Shop Boys and based around their music. It was originally conceived as an hour-long video based around their album Actually, but it turned into a surreal full-scale feature film directed by Jack Bond and co-starring...
featuring The Pet Shop Boys, as well as the music video for their single "Heart
Heart (Pet Shop Boys song)
"Heart" is a song recorded by Pet Shop Boys which reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in April 1988 . This is also their last number 1 song to date...
".
In 2010 Bond was interviewed by VBS.TV and Jamie Reynolds of the Klaxons
Klaxons
Klaxons are a British indie rock band, based in London. Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007....
for VBS Meets...Jack Bond. The video and article are available online.
Television
- The Pity of War BBC2, 1964 tx. 4/8/1964, script/director
- George Orwell 1903-1950 1965 BBC2, tx.20/11/1965, script/director
- Dali in New York BBC2, 1966 tx.8/8/1966, producer/director
- Exit 19Exit 19The Protector is an American drama television series created by Michael Nankin and Jeffrey Bell. The series stars Ally Walker as Gloria Sheppard, a single mother who struggles to maintain the balance between her personal and professional life as an LAPD homicide detective.The series is broadcast in...
BBC2 1966 tx.8/8/1966, The Editor - The South Bank ShowThe South Bank ShowThe South Bank Show was a television arts magazine show, originally made by London Weekend Television , presented by Melvyn Bragg, broadcast on ITV and seen in over 60 countries worldwide — including Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States...
ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
, usually as producer/director- Werner HerzogWerner HerzogWerner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner...
tx.16/5/1982 ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK... - Patricia Highsmith – A Gift for Murder ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
(tx.14/11/1982) - Jiri Kylian – Nederlands Dans Theater ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
tx.29/5/1983 - Catherine CooksonCatherine CooksonDame Catherine Cookson DBE was a British author. She became the United Kingdom's most widely read novelist, with sales topping 100 million, while retaining a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers...
ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
tx.20/11/1983 - Ivy Compton-Burnett’s ‘Elders and Betters’ ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
tx.3/6/1984 - Roald Dahl – Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
tx.19/10/1986 - Colin Thubron – Time Seen as a Road ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
tx.9/2/1992 - Jean GenetJean GenetJean Genet was a prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing...
ITV tx.28/2/1993 - Vanessa Redgrave as Cleopatra ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
tx.9/10/1994 - Albert Camus – Broken Morning ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
tx.31/8/2003
- Werner Herzog
- Discovering Charlotte Rampling (TV Documentary) (2009), director & writer
- Discovering ... Dali, Episode One of a four part documentary series. 3DD Productions3DD Productions3DD Productions is a UK based television production company formed in 2005 and part of the 3DD Group. It specialises in music television, cultural and film documentaries. Notably it has produced music programming for Channel 4 over the last 5 years, including the long running series The Album Chart...
for Sundance International, (2010), director, writer and co-producer
Film
- SeparationSeparation (1967 film)Separation, a film produced in 1967 and released in 1968, was written by and starred Jane Arden and directed by Jack Bond. The film explores the life of a middle-aged woman following the breakdown of her marriage...
(1967), producer/director - The Other Side of the UnderneathThe Other Side of the UnderneathThe Other Side of the Underneath is a 1972 British feature film written and directed by Jane Arden and starring Sheila Allen, Liz Danciger, Penny Slinger, Ann Lynn, and Suzanka Fraey . Other members of the Holocaust Theatre Company appear in the film. It is the only British feature film in the...
(1972), producer/co-cinematographer - Vibration (1975), co-director, cinematographer
- Anti-ClockAnti-ClockAnti-Clock is a 1979 film written and directed by Jane Arden, and co-directed by Jack Bond. The film, which stars Arden's son Sebastian Saville, was shot on film and video in colour and black and white sequences...
(1979), script/producer/co-director - It Couldn't Happen HereIt Couldn't Happen HereIt Couldn't Happen Here is a 1988 musical film starring the British pop duo Pet Shop Boys and based around their music. It was originally conceived as an hour-long video based around their album Actually, but it turned into a surreal full-scale feature film directed by Jack Bond and co-starring...
(1987), script/producer/director
Stage
- Vagina Rex and the Gas Oven (1969), director, starring Victor SpinettiVictor SpinettiVictor Spinetti is a Welsh comic actor.-Early life:Spinetti was born in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales of Welsh and Italian heritage from a grandfather who was said to have walked from Italy to Wales to work as a coal miner...
- A New Communion for Freaks, Prophets and Witches (1971), producer
Advertising and music
- Maxell tape, Captain Bird’s Eye, HeartHeart (Pet Shop Boys song)"Heart" is a song recorded by Pet Shop Boys which reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in April 1988 . This is also their last number 1 song to date...
and Always on My MindAlways on My Mind"Always on My Mind" is an American country music song by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson, originally recorded by Brenda Lee in 1972.Allmusic lists over 300 recorded releases of the song in versions by dozens of performers...
by The Pet Shop Boys.
External links
- Waiting For Charlotte Trailer http://www.cinemoi.tv/trailers-clips/trailer/waiting-charlotte
- Jack Bond ViceViceVice is a practice or a behavior or habit considered immoral, depraved, or degrading in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a defect, an infirmity, or merely a bad habit. Synonyms for vice include fault, depravity, sin, iniquity, wickedness, and corruption...
Magazine Article http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n9/htdocs/jack-bond-144.php - Jack Bond ViceViceVice is a practice or a behavior or habit considered immoral, depraved, or degrading in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a defect, an infirmity, or merely a bad habit. Synonyms for vice include fault, depravity, sin, iniquity, wickedness, and corruption...
Magazine Article - 2010 http://www.viceland.com/wp/2010/09/why-this-man-should-be-your-hero/