The Samuelson Group’s founder and pioneer of the UK film and television industries, Sydney Samuelson, passed away at the age of 97.
He was with his family at home.
Samuelson spent more than 50 years working in the UK film and television industry, helping it to become a major competitor to Hollywood in terms of production.
He began his professional life in a movie theater projection booth when he was 14 years old. He later advanced to become a cinematographer and the creator of the Samuelson Group, which he and his three brothers grew into the largest film equipment servicing business in the world.
In addition to leading Bafta and numerous other industry groups and charities, he served as the government’s first commissioner for British films. He was also a devoted member of the union Bectu.
He enlisted in the RAF in 1943 as a flight navigator before joining the British Colonial Office’s film division as a trainee cinematographer.
He produced numerous shows for the BBC and independent television firms after the war, and in 1953, while working with a camera crew to record the coronation at Westminster Abbey, he captured the iconic image of the Queen being crowned by quickly fixing a broken spring in his camera.
Sydney Samuelson’s funeral, burial service, pictures, date, time, venue
The family is yet to make an official pronouncement about Samuelson’s funeral arrangements. This tragic story is keen to us hence we’re following every detail to keep our readers informed.
We wish the family and loved ones well in these trying times.
