Derek Williams (filmmaker)
Derek Williams | |
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Derek Williams on location in Oman, 1992 | |
| Born | Derek Williams August 20, 1929 Newcastle, UK |
| Died | August 2, 2021 (aged 91) |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Education | Cambridge University (BA) |
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| Years active | 1950–1992 |
| Spouse | Olive |
| Children | Ed and Matthew |
Derek Williams (20 August 1929 – 2 August 2021) was a British documentary film director, writer and historian, who was active in film craft from the 1950s until 1990. His films received four British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs) and five Oscar nominations (four as director and writer and one as writer only), all in the short documentary classification.