Biography of 'Tree Films '

Production company

Bill Forsyth, Nick Lewis and Charles Gormley founded Tree Films in 1972 with the ambition of producing Scottish based feature films. Bill Forsyth had started in the film industry some few years previously when he answered an advert in the Evening Standard for a trainee position at Thames and Clyde Films. Working alongside Stanley Russell, he assisted in numerous productions before joining Eddie McConnell and Laurence Henson at IFA Scotland. Subsequently he attended the newly established National Film School in London, before moving back to Scotland to set up Tree Films. Charles Gormley had made a feature for the Children’s Film Foundation, documentaries for the Highland Board and Shell Oil and assisted on the South Bank Show. Like Forsyth, Gormley had assisted on IFA Scotland productions.

Tree Films were not to enjoy the success in feature film making that its three founders had hoped for. The company produced a number of documentary films for Films of Scotland, including A Place in the Country (1972), Polar Power (1974) and Keep Your Eye on Paisley (1975).

In 1979 after seven years Tree was wound down. However both Forsyth and Gormley went on to achieve success and acclaim in their own right as writers and directors with commercial successes such as Gregory’s Girl (1981), Local Hero (1983), Heavenly Pursuits (1986) and Living Apart Together (1983).

Researcher: Melissa Stewart

Films associated with 'COCOZZA, Enrico'

12 hits

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	CONNECTIONS [3045] Add to my films Film outlines the impact that modern travel has on people and the places they live, compared to unmotorised transport. The presenter takes a look at the uses and drawbacks of different forms of travel, by cycle, train or aircraft.		1975 sound col
	CROMARTY BRIDGE, the [3054] Add to my films How a bridge was built over the Cromarty Firth and how an environment was preserved for migratory seabirds.		1979 sound col
	HIGHLAND WINTER [3063] Add to my films The birds and wildlife of the Highlands.	Onsite only	1973 sound col
	IF ONLY WE HAD THE SPACE [2101] Add to my films Made to demonstrate how improvements to Glasgow city tenements could be made with the aid of Home Improvement Grants.		1974 sound col
	ISLANDS OF THE WEST [2692] Add to my films A portrayal of the scenic beauty of the Hebrides.		1972 sound col
	KEEP YOUR EYE ON PAISLEY [2233] Add to my films The town of Paisley, its industries and people.		1975 sound col
	LIVING LAND, the [3046] Add to my films An explanation of the role of people in shaping the environment, with particular reference to the Highland landscape.	Onsite only	1977 sound col
	PLACE IN THE COUNTRY: Renfrewshire Regional Park, a [3165] Add to my films A description of Renfrewshire Regional Park (Clyde-Muirsheil), Scotland's first country park.		1972 sound col
	PLACES... OR PEOPLE [3148] Add to my films The planning and construction of improvements in the housing and industrial landscape of the city of Glasgow.		1975 sound col
	POLAR POWER [3268] Add to my films The power and adaptability of Polar diesel engines as seen in a telecommunications centre, and a variety of shipping designs. (19 mins)		1974 sound col
	ROBERT ADAM - ARCHITECT [4683] Add to my films Charts the life and work of eminent Scottish architect, Robert Adam.		1973 sound col
	SHAPES IN THE WATER [3044] Add to my films Highland boat-building, showing intermediate processes of clinker- and carvel built boats, as well as those involved in ferroconcrete and steel construction of boats. Footage of ferries, fishing boats, power boats, and sailing boats.		1974 sound col