Dave Knowles - filmmaker

I'm a UK based documentary film maker and live in the New Forest.

I was born in London. My grandmother who was a member of a trick cyclist troop that performed all over the world (including the London Palladium) introduced me to the stage at the age of 11

Acting at school
Pontius Pilate and Noah in Chester Mystery Plays
Artemidorus in George Bernard Shaws Caesar and Cleopatra

1966 Joined BBC hoping to become a film cameraman ended up in the accounts dept
1969 Joined ITN as an Assistant Editor
1969  ITN worked on The moon landing
1970  ITN helped edit material shot on Chris Bonningtons Annapurna expedition
1969  ITN worked on news stories on the Vietnam War and the Dawson's Field PFLP hijack
1973  Southern TV Editor on many programmes including Jack Hargreaves "Out of Town"
1983-5   Produced 60 Channel 4 programmes with Jack Hargreaves "Old Country"
1985 - Dave Knowles Films based in The New Forest, UK making documentaries.