Robert Anthony Wynne-Simmons (born 18 August 1947) is a British composer, film director and screenwriter.
Early life and education Wynne-Simmons began to make films and write plays, poetry and music while still at school. He attended Lancing College in Sussex, England.Evening Argus Friday 12 July 1963Daily Sketch 3 July 1963
In 1966, he attended Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he received an M.A. in English Literature. The college funded the making of The Judgment of Albion, a film based on the prophetic writings of William Blake, voiced by Anthony Quayle and Donald Sinden. A copy is now with the British Film Institute.
Career and written works In 1970, he wrote the screenplay for Blood on Satan's Claw. (Directed by Piers Haggard)
He subsequently worked for the BBC as a film editor, and was a graduate of the NFTS in Beaconsfield (1975). In 1978, he worked for RTÉ in Dublin, where he directed Double Piquet, in 1979.London 1980 Film Market Programme "The Slice/Double Piquet"The Guardian 6 October 1984, highlights of next week's TV (Wednesday)
In 1981–2, he wrote and directed The Outcasts. The actor Cyril Cusack appeared in both.Image Magazine "Cyril Cusack's Diary" February 1982 Also in The Outcasts were Mick Lally and Mary Ryan,The Irish Times, 2 July 1982 "Filming a Folk Tale" who won the prize for Best Actress in the San Remo Festival in 1984,XXVII Mostra Internazionale dei Film D'Autore 29 Marzo al 4 Aprile 1984, Programma dei FilmLa Rivista di Bergamo, Agosto-Settembre 1984 where the film won Best First Feature. The film also won prizes in the Oporto film festival,Fantasporto 3–12 February 1984, Premio Especial Fantasporto, Premio da Critica Internacional Brussels Fantasy film festival,Screen International 19 November 1983 "LFF Screening for award-winning 'Outcasts'" and in Geneva.
After a brief period directing for The Book Tower,TV Times 23 January 1985 a children's TV series made by Yorkshire Television, he returned to Ireland to direct and write for the group of T.V. dramas known as When Reason Sleeps, made by Strongbow Productions, RTÉ and Channel 4.London Daily News, Saturday 9 May 1987 "Exploring the Dark Side of the Mind" Julian Cole In 1992, his short film Scherzo was shown at the Venice Biennale, the Chicago Film Festival and the San Francisco Festival, where it was awarded four stars.
In 2006, he returned as a writer to the stage, with The Deluge, a play based on the short stories of Karen Blixen, which he directed at the Edinburgh festival that year with Susannah York in the leading role.The Times (First Night, Times2) 10 August 2006, Edinburgh Festival ReviewsThe Independent, 14 August 2006, Edinburgh Festival Reviews In 2007, his monologue "Kurtz" was performed with The Deluge at the New End Theatre, Hampstead.Camden New Journal 27 September 2007
Personal life Wynne-Simmons lives and works in Oppenheim, Germany.
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