Arthur Provis
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Arthur John Provis (10 March 1925 – 17 May 2016[2]) was an English cinematographer and producer, best known for co-founding AP Films ("Anderson-Provis" Films) with Gerry Anderson.
As a former Navy photographer forging a career operating rostrum cameras, he met Anderson filming a series called You've Never Seen This about unusual circus acts. Finding a shared interest in film-making, Provis teamed with Anderson, creating AP Films, with the original intention to make commercials.[3] As a result of an advert featuring a puppet, the company was approached in 1957 by Roberta Leigh to create a children's series The Adventures of Twizzle for Associated-Rediffusion.[3][4] This led to AP Films' early puppet shows, including Twizzle, Torchy the Battery Boy and Four Feather Falls, although Provis left the company amicably in 1959; he was cautious, and Anderson was adventurous. Provis was worried about the amount of film stock he and Anderson were using. He was also neurotic about the company going bust, in contrast to Anderson, who was determined to get the best possible result, even if it meant the company did go bust.[5][6]
Whereas Anderson went on to produce his own puppet ("Supermarionation") programmes (including Supercar, Stingray and Thunderbirds, the last credited to AP Films), Provis continued his association with Roberta Leigh, producing and filming the puppet series Adventures of Sara and Hoppity (1961) and Space Patrol (1962-3).[citation needed]
A colour pilot episode for another puppet series called Paul Starr: Space Agent, about a James Bond-style action hero, failed to be commissioned, as did a 1967 live-action science fiction series The Solarnauts, for which Provis filmed the model sequences.[3][7][8][9] Following this, Provis went back to filming commercials.[3]
He died on 17 May 2016 at the age of 91.[10]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2016. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. 11 August 2017. ISBN 9781476629124.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Arthur Provis has died". Fanderson. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d Interview with Arthur Provis Script error: No such module "webarchive". at Space Patrol - The Website, URL accessed 20 September 2010
- ^ 2002 video interview, URL accessed 20 September 2010
- ^ Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Biography by Simon Archer and Stan Nicholls, p40; Template:ISBN
- ^ Thunderbirds: A Complete Guide to the Classic Series
- ^ Paul Starr, URL accessed 20 September 2010
- ^ The Solarnauts Script error: No such module "webarchive". at Space Patrol - The Website, URL accessed 20 September 2010
- ^ The Solarnauts, URL accessed 20 September 2010
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Filmed in Supermarionation". m.facebook.com. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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