Ray Selfe | |
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| Born | 13 May 1932 |
| Died | 3 September 2001 (aged 69)[1] United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor, film editor |
Ray Selfe was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, actor and movie theatre owner.[1][2]
Selfe was born into a working-class family in Croydon, Surrey and at the age of ten found a passion for film.[1] Selfe was later expelled from Pitman's College at the age of fourteen and became a projectionist at a local movie theatre and ran a mobile cinema, taking film shows to youth clubs.[1] In 1950, he had a brief national service in the RAF and was later discharged on medical grounds.[1]
As a filmmaker, Selfe later went on to work on such films as Four Dimensions of Greta (1972), White Cargo (1973), Emmanuelle in Soho (1981) and Don't Open till Christmas (1984).[1]
During Selfe's later years, he gained respect within the industry as a private film archive curator.[1]
Selfe died of a heart attack at age 69.[1]