GARRY SHANDLING

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(29 November 1929 - 24 March 2016)

The American comic writer, producer/director and actor/stand-up comedian mainly worked in television creating his own shows such as It’s Garry Shandling’s Show (1986-90) and its alter ego The Larry Sanders Show (1992-98). He also wrote some episodes of Sanford and Son, the US version of Steptoe and Son, plus series for Harvey Korman and Welcome Back, Kotter. As an actor, apart from his TV work, he appeared in Love Affair with Warren Beatty, Annette Bening and Katharine Hepburn, Nora Ephon’s Mixed Nuts with Steve Martin, Hurlyburly with Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey, Mike Nichols’ What Planet Are You From?, with Bening again, Town & Country with Beatty again, Zoolander with Ben Stiller, Trust the Man with David Duchovny and Julianne Moore, Iron Man 2 with Robert Downey Jr and Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Chris Evans in 2014. He also did voiceover work on Dr Dolittle (1998) and Over the Hedge (2006). He was an original and important innovator as a comedian and writer for American television and subsequently the winner of many comedy awards.

MICHAEL DARVELL

Michael Darvell

Michael Darvell trained as a librarian at Watford and in Surrey before joining Ealing Libraries where he became Music Librarian for the borough. He edited Masthead, the magazine of the University of North London School of Librarianship, The Surrealist, the staff magazine of Surrey County Library, and contributed to the Assistant Librarian and London Librarian professional journals. A freelance film reviewer since 1970, he has written for Film, Films Illustrated, Film Review, Movie Maker and Radio Times, as well as editing Montage, the London film societies magazine, for ten years. A change of career saw him joining What’s On in London as Features Editor and he eventually stepped into the shoes of the late F. Maurice Speed (founding father of Film Review annual) as the magazine’s Editor. From 2007 to 2015, he was co-editor of the Film Review annual with Mansel Stimpson. As well as writing about films, Michael has reviewed theatre for The Stage newspaper, and has written about music theatre and cabaret for the Classical Source and Musical Theatre Review websites. He is also a former restaurant critic for the ViewLondon website. Michael has been a member of the London Film Critics’ Circle since 2005.

GARRY SHANDLING

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