Rotha, Paul, 1907-1984

LC control no.	n 50047453
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Rotha, Paul, 1907-1984 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Other standard no.	Q1861005
Associated country	England
Birth date	1907-06-03
Death date	1984-03-07
Place of birth	London (England)
Place of death	Wallingford (England)
Profession or occupation	Motion picture producers and directors
Found in	His The film till now, 1930. A Paul Rotha reader, c1999: p. 4 (b. Paul Treeve Fawcett Thompson, Wealdstone, England, June 3, 1907; d. Mar. 7, 1984) BFI screenonline WWW site, 7 May, 2015 Rotha, Paul; director, editor, producer; born London, 3 June, 1907; told by his professor that he would never succeed with his birth name, Paul Thompson, he changed his name to Paul Rotha; in 1935 Rotha became Director of Productions at the independent documentary unit Strand Films; in 1941 formed Paul Rotha Productions, producing the cinemagazine Worker and War Front as well as numerous films for the civilian war effort and Britain's post-war reconstruction; between 1953 and 1955, Rotha was Head of the BBC Documentary Department; a lifelong socialist; died Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 7 March, 1984) <http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/446796/>
Associated language	eng