Richardson, Tony

Style became more pronounced in the 50s with "direct cinema," in the documentaries of Lindsay Anderson (Everyday Except Christmas) and Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson (Momma Don t Allow). This was even more the case in the "cinema verite" explosion in the documentary filmmakers of the 60s (Leacock, Pennebaker, the Maysles brothers). But no examples of the style sacrificed those original intentions—actuality, education, political goals. Also, the style crossed over into the feature film— Haskell Wexler s Medium Cool and Michael Ritchie s The Candidate. In the... 

Broccoh s future partner, Harry Saltzman, was also finding success in British independent filmmaking. Along with Royal Comt director Tony Richardson and successful playwright John Osborne, Saltzman went on to form Woodfall films in 1958. Much of their success came from stage to screen transfers of plays such as Look Back In Anger, The Entertainer ... 

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