Description:
Karel Reisz was born on 21 July 1926 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and producer, known for The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966). He was married to Betsy Blair and Julia Coppard. He died on 25 November 2002 in London, England, UK.
Birthday
July 21, 1926
Born In
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Spouse/Ex-
Betsy Blair September 5, 1963 - November 25, 2002 (his death),Julia Coppard 19?? - 19?? (divorced)
Trivia
He wrote his famous book, "The Technique of Film Editing", before becoming involved in professional filmmaking. It was reviewed - not entirely favorably - in the magazine "Sight And Sound" by an actual film editor, Seth Holt. When Reisz made his first feature film, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), he hired Holt as his editor and, after their first day of working together, told him, "I didn't know what I was talking about, did I ?".
Quotes
[on being asked how he managed to get the script to Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) green-lighted for production] Well, I was the head of the distribution company, so it really wasn't that difficult.
