British assistant director and production manager Peter
Price died in London on April 6th. He was 85. Born in London on January 9, 1930, he started work at
Ealing studios in 1946 as post boy then worked his way up to the production department
and after several months training, worked as 3rd Assistant on the film "It
Always Rains on Sunday", which was made again in 1948 when crews returned
from the services. He then started his freelance career an Assistant Director
working at all the major studios, and with many top directors. He had the privilege
of working as 1st Assistant with all the Ealing Directors: Sandy Mackendrik,
Charles Crichton, Basil Deardon,Les Norman, Michael Truman. Price was the assistant director on "Shalako" (1968) and Chato's Land" (1972).
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