French, Philip (Neville)

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FRENCH, Philip (Neville)

FRENCH, Philip (Neville). British, b. 1933. Genres: Film, Literary criticism and history. Career: BBC Radio, Sr. Talks and Documentary Producer, 1959-90; The Observer, London, Film Critic, 1978-. Publications: The Movie Moguls, 1969; Westerns: Aspects of a Movie Genre, 1974; Three Honest Men: Portraits of Edmund Wilson, F.R. Leavis, and Lionel Trilling, 1980; (with K. French) Wild Strawberries, 1995; (with K. French) Cult Movies, 1999. EDITOR/CO-EDITOR: The Age of Austerity 1945-51, 1963; The Novelist as Innovator, 1966; The Third Dimension: Voices from Radio 3, 1983; The Press: Observed and Projected 1991; Malle on Malle, 1992; The Faber Book of Movie Verse, 1993. Address: 62 Dartmouth Park Rd, London NW5 1SN, England.