Claude Whatham [SEP] place of death
Claude Whatham
Claude Whatham (7 December 1927 in Manchester - 4 January 2008 in Anglesey) was an English film and TV director mainly known for his work on dramas.
Career.
He attended Oldham Art School and was a set designer for the Oldham Repertory Company, before joining Granada Television where he made documentaries and dramas including "The Younger Generation" featuring a young John Thaw, and "You in Your Small Corner". He then moved to the BBC where he worked on "The Wednesday Play",
"Casualty" (1993–94) and the STV drama "McCallum" (1995–97).
Career.
Career Early career.
Suzanna Hamilton was born in London and was a protégée of filmmaker, Claude Whatham, who discovered her in a children's experimental theatre in North London in the early 1970s. She appeared in her first feature, "Swallows and Amazons", which was directed by Whatham and based on the popular children's book of the same name by Arthur Ransome. "Swallows and Amazons" was filmed in