Colin Philpott will be the last director when he goes in April after the Bradford International Film Festival
It's an unhappy day for regional power and influence as opposed to the relentless concentration of control in London.
The role of director of Bradford's excellent National Media Museum is being downgraded and the last holder of the post, first held by the tireless Colin Ford in 1983, is stepping down.
He is Colin Philpott, formerly head of the BBC in Yorkshire, who took over the museum's reins in 2004. He is off to pursue 'long term and creative projects', wiith a book coming out in the autumn and other irons in the fire.
Philipott was offered the new post but decided against it. His successor will not have his relative independence and is going to have to report to the deputy director of the National Museum of Science and Industry. The Nmsi says...
It's an unhappy day for regional power and influence as opposed to the relentless concentration of control in London.
The role of director of Bradford's excellent National Media Museum is being downgraded and the last holder of the post, first held by the tireless Colin Ford in 1983, is stepping down.
He is Colin Philpott, formerly head of the BBC in Yorkshire, who took over the museum's reins in 2004. He is off to pursue 'long term and creative projects', wiith a book coming out in the autumn and other irons in the fire.
Philipott was offered the new post but decided against it. His successor will not have his relative independence and is going to have to report to the deputy director of the National Museum of Science and Industry. The Nmsi says...
- 12/15/2011
- by Martin Wainwright
- The Guardian - Film News
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