
Directing
James Ferman
Born 1930-04-11 · New York, New York, USA
James Alan Ferman was an American television and theatre director. He was the Secretary of the British Board of Film Classification from 1975 to 1999.
Acting credits
7.7Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.
What's a Carry On?
1998
5.7Documentary about the Emmanuelle movies, looking at their making as well as their social and cultural impact.
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
2001
The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.
Empire of the Censors
1995
6.8A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010
7.4The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act. A time when Britain plunged into a new Dark Age of the most restrictive censorship, where the horror movie became the bloody eviscerated victim of continuing dread created by self-aggrandizing moral guardians. With passionate and entertaining interviews from the people who lived through it and more jaw dropping archive footage, get ready to reflect and rejoice the passing of a landmark era.
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2014
9.5A look at the last days of James Ferman's rule as Chief Censor of the British Board of Film Classification.
The Last Days of the Board
1999
Behind the camera
The uneasy relationship between elderly couple Thora Hird and Ron Moody and a cheerful stranger who moves in with them (Ronald Lacey). Written by Richard Harris (not the actor, but the future creator of Man in a Suitcase
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
1966
8.0Peter Barkham hero-worships his distinguished father. However, this is threatened by the intrusion of events and people from his father's wartime past.
A Distant Thunder
1970
A young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Pistol
1965
8.0Jimmy Nicholson returns from working in the Middle East to visit his son at boarding school. He went to the same public school himself and is disturbed to find that things have changed and the traditions by which he has always lived and been guided now seem to be obsolete.
Alma Mater
1971
8.0When Len Shelton retires from a life of work in the coal mines, he turns to his first love - pigeons, which become a symbol of hope for him.
The Pigeon Fancier
1971
NRA small construction company's new year's eve party is taken over by a crook who has intricate knowledge of the men's private lives, forcing them into an incredible bank robbery plot.
The Criminals
1958
10.0NSPCC social worker Margaret Ashdown is given the case of investigating into the Gosse family, when the young mother, Sheila, is unable to explain her baby's fractured skull at the hospital. She discovers the family live in poverty and ignorance, and have a tradition of instability.
When the Bough Breaks
1971
9.0An army private is driven to murder when his wife falls in love with another man.
Death of a Private
1967
NREdward G is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience.
Edward G: Like the Filmstar
1973
9.0A prison visitor becomes involved with a convicted sex offender.
Chariot of Fire
1970
4.0Jimmy is young, earning good money and going out with a smashing girl. What more could a man wish for?
Tomorrow, Just You Wait
1965
10.0An interior decorator takes a millionaire's wife on a guided tour of her new home.
The Interior Decorator
1965