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Line Producer DAVID WIMBURY first met Alan Parker when he was
producing commercials for Hugh Hudson. Wimbury later became Parker's
Assistant Director on Midnight Express, Production Manager on
Pink Floyd: The Wall, and Line Producer on The
Commitments.
Wimbury joined the film industry as a runner when
he was 17 and later became Assistant Director on many films, including
Blake Edwards's The Pink Panther Strikes Again and The
Revenge of the Pink Panther, Ridley Scott's The Duellists,
and Michael Apted's Stardust. He produced Bruce Robinson's
films Withnail and I and How to Get Ahead in
Advertising, and Dick Clement's films Water and
Bullshot for HandMade Films. He was Associate Producer on
Charles Sturridge's A Handful of Dust and Julien Temple's
Absolute Beginners, and Production Manager on Terry Jones's
Monty Python's Meaning of Life.
Wimbury has long been
associated with Witzend Productions (Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, and
Allan McKeown), working on numerous TV productions including
Porridge, To Russia with Elton, and Anyone for Dennis.
Witzend Productions later became a subsidiary of SelecTV plc, and
Wimbury produced Tracey Ullman Takes on New York and Pie in
the Sky.
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