James Ferman

James Ferman

Born: April 11, 1930
Died: December 24, 2002
in 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.

Movies for James Ferman...

Video Nasties: Draconian Days
Title: Video Nasties: Draconian Days
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The 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.
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Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Title: Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Character: Self
Released: August 30, 2010
Type: Movie
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
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Title: Banned in the UK
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 2005
Type: TV
Four-part series demonstrating different kinds of censorship, such as censorship by the government or of art.
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Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Title: Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary about the Emmanuelle movies, looking at their making as well as their social and cultural impact.
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Empire of the Censors
Title: Empire of the Censors
Character: Self
Released: May 28, 1995
Type: Movie
The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.