Wendy Toye
Wendy Toye, one of Britain’s most important female filmmakers, has died aged 92. I’ve written here, here and here about her short film mini-masterpieces. Though Toye’s feature films generally didn’t live up to the brilliance of her shorts — due to studio politics and commercial repression more than anything else — her professionalism opened the way for other women to break into the male-dominated industry.
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February 28, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Here’s what a contemporary woman with directorial talent has to put up with.
March 1, 2010 at 1:47 am
Link is broken!
March 1, 2010 at 5:54 am
Here.
March 1, 2010 at 8:26 pm
I remember seeing Wendy’s THE STRANGER LEFT NO CARD theatrically years ago as well as that feature films she directed with Nigel Patrick, David Tomlinson and a 50s singing star. It was a shame she had no further opportunities.
March 1, 2010 at 9:36 pm
All for Mary is the skiing comedy. I think it may have been the final straw. Her shorts were brilliant when she had creative control.
March 3, 2010 at 8:20 pm
From what I remember of ALL FOR MARY, I’m not surprised.
March 3, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Actually, looking at her credits, she managed a few features after that one, and she didn’t give up hope of making an artistically ambitious feature until she quite the business. But nobody in the British film industry wanted such a thing.