Biography
Karel Reisz (1926–2002) was a Czech-born British film director. He arrived in Britain in 1938 as a refugee, served in the RAF, and studied natural sciences at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He began working in film as a critic, co-editing the magazine Sequence and publishing the textbook The Technique of Film Editing in 1953.
Reisz was a founder of the Free Cinema documentary movement. He co-directed Momma Don't Allow (1955) with Tony Richardson and directed We Are the Lambeth Boys (1959). His first feature, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), was a landmark of the British New Wave. Later films include The Gambler (1974), Who'll Stop the Rain (1978), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) and Sweet Dreams (1985).
