Don Levy (1932 â€" January 1987) was an artist and filmmaker.Levy was
born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. After studying
theoretical chemistry at the University of Sydney, he was awarded a
Research Scholarship to the University of Cambridge. There he obtained
a PhD in Theoretical Chemical Physics in 1960. While at Cambridge,
Levy became involved in the Film Society and made his first short
films. After Cambridge he was awarded the first ever film scholarship
in Britain to study in the newly created Film Department of the Slade
School of Fine Art under the leadership of filmmaker turned lecturer
Thorold Dickinson. He then made a number of short films for the
Nuffield Foundation, including the experimental documentary Time Is
(1964).In 1962, he obtained a film-making grant from the British Film
Institute Experimental Film Fund for the production of an experimental
feature film, Herostratus. The film, made on a shoe-string budget,
took over five years to be completed. It was co-financed between the
BFI, the BBC and former BFI Director James Quinn. It was released in
May 1968, opening at the ICA in London, subsequently being screened at
film festivals.
born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. After studying
theoretical chemistry at the University of Sydney, he was awarded a
Research Scholarship to the University of Cambridge. There he obtained
a PhD in Theoretical Chemical Physics in 1960. While at Cambridge,
Levy became involved in the Film Society and made his first short
films. After Cambridge he was awarded the first ever film scholarship
in Britain to study in the newly created Film Department of the Slade
School of Fine Art under the leadership of filmmaker turned lecturer
Thorold Dickinson. He then made a number of short films for the
Nuffield Foundation, including the experimental documentary Time Is
(1964).In 1962, he obtained a film-making grant from the British Film
Institute Experimental Film Fund for the production of an experimental
feature film, Herostratus. The film, made on a shoe-string budget,
took over five years to be completed. It was co-financed between the
BFI, the BBC and former BFI Director James Quinn. It was released in
May 1968, opening at the ICA in London, subsequently being screened at
film festivals.
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