Biography of 'Ogam Films / Oscar Marzaroli'

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Production company and documentary film-maker

Oscar Marzaroli, Allan and Martin Singleton formed Ogam Films in 1967. Marzaroli, of a Scottish Italian family entered the film industry in 1959 after a period of photojournalism in London and Stockholm. During the 1960s he gained experience as cameraman, editor and assistant director with Templar Films and IFA Scotland, often acting as production stills photographer.

Ogam produced over seventy documentary and sponsored films, for agencies such as Films of Scotland and Highlands and Islands Development Board. Dear Green Place (1978) combines Marzaroli’s stills and movie talents with observations on social and structural change in Glasgow through a series of photographs taken over a ten year period.

Ogam Films was dissolved in the early 1980s. Marzaroli returned to full-time stills photography. Martin Singleton remains one of Scotland’s most experienced freelance cameramen.

Researcher: Melissa Stewart

Films associated with 'COCOZZA, Enrico'

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	BEYOND THE GRAMPIANS [1501] Add to my films A description of the life of the fishing and farming communities in Aberdeenshire.		1963 sound col
	BIG MILL, the [0387] Add to my films The production of sheet steel at the Ravenscraig and Gartcosh Works of Colvilles Ltd. Lanarkshire. Ravenscraig steel works produced steel in many forms - to make cars and desks, bridges and ships for worldwide markets.		1963 sound col
	CONSTRUCTION OF RENFREW MOTORWAY: Stage One [3485] Add to my films Footage of the construction of part of the Renfrew motorway as illustrated in "A Highway Plan for Glasgow". Relates to issues proposed in the Bruce Report 1945 - a plan for the complete deconstruction of the existing Victorian city centre in order to create an new 'healthy and beautiful city’ of modern architecture.	Onsite only	1977 sound col
	COUNTY ON THE MOVE [2205] Add to my films The towns, industries and places of interest in the county of West Lothian.		1966 sound col
	DEAR GREEN PLACE [1275] Add to my films Through a series of stills taken over a ten year period, a Glasgow photographer traces the rebirth of his city, through its social and structural changes.	Onsite only	1978 sound bw
	DEMOLITION OF GRAND HOTEL [2699] Add to my films Unedited footage recording demolition work at the Grand Hotel at Charing Cross, Glasgow.	Onsite only	1969 mute bw
	GLASGOW 1980 [0974] Add to my films A documentary on how Glasgow would look in the 1980's after the redevelopment of its traffic system and the construction of new housing developments, planned in the mid '70s. Relates to issues proposed in the Bruce Report 1945 - a plan for the complete deconstruction of the existing Victorian city centre in order to create an new 'healthy and beautiful city’ of modern architecture.		1971 sound col
	GLASGOW'S PROGRESS [1497] Add to my films Rushes from an unfinished production intended as a sequel to GLASGOW 1980. [See also ref. 0974].		1978 mute col
	HIGHLAND CRAFTS [2914] Add to my films Traditional craft work in the Highlands and Islands.		1973 sound col
	HIGHLAND HOLIDAY [2698] Add to my films Some of the attractions offered by the Highlands to the holiday-maker, from sand yachting at Dunnet Bay, to skiing on the Cairngorms.		1972 sound col
	HIGHLANDS [2756] Add to my films The industries of the Highlands featuring the Invergordon Smelter and Ben Cruachan and Dounreay Power Stations.		1971 sound col
	HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS - A ROYAL TOUR [2380] Add to my films HRH the Prince of Wales on a tour of the Highlands and Islands with visits including the Highland stoneware pottery at Lochinver, a woollen mill on Lewis, an electronics factory on Skye and fudge and jewellery factories on Orkney.		1973 sound col
	HUGH MacDIARMID: No Fellow Travellers [2688] Add to my films Made to commemorate the 80th birthday of the late Hugh MacDiarmid, the poet speaks about his life and work in conversation with his son Michael Grieve and fellow poet Norman MacCaig. (30 mins)		1972 sound col
	INVERGORDON SMELTER, the [2216] Add to my films The conception and construction of the aluminium smelter at Invergordon.		1972 sound col
	LION MOR - THE GREAT LINE [2687] Add to my films Trawlers at sea and the catch being brought in on the "Great Line".	Onsite only	1980 sound col
	LIVING IN SCOTLAND / SMITHS IN SCOTLAND, the [2231] Add to my films An expression of the point of view of English men and women who have made their homes north of the Border.		1966 sound col
	LOCH LOMOND [2250] Add to my films The animals and lives of the people through the seasons on the shores of Loch Lomond.		1967 sound col
	LOOKING AT PLAYGROUPS [2929] Add to my films Overview of the activities children can enjoy at playgroups in Glasgow with off camera voiceovers discussing how children play, fund raising etc. Mention is made of how this is important as many mothers and children live in high rise tower blocks.		1971 sound col
	MACKINTOSH [2226] Add to my films The life and work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.		1968 sound col
	MORE THAN YOU THINK [2859] Add to my films The experience of parenting and caring for children with cognitive disabilities.		1974 sound col
	NINIAN CENTRAL PLATFORM, the [5973] Add to my films The construction by Howard Doris Ltd. of oil platforms at Loch Kishorn for the Ninian oilfield.		1978 sound col
	NORTH UIST TRIP - TULIPS IN VALLAY STRAND [7235] Add to my films Footage filmed in North Uist (probably Paible), including black houses and Highland & Islands Development Board initiative to plant tulips.		1969 silent col
	ONCE UPON A TIME [2689] Add to my films Le Grand Magic Circus of Paris on tour in La Rochelle with their performance of 'Cinderella'. As the film follows the company in rehearsal and on stage, their director, Jerome Savaray, explains the circus' political and social aims.		1970 sound col
	OUT SKERRIES [2691] Add to my films The lives of the fishing community on the Shetland islands of Out Skerries. [At the time of making this film the population was 84].		1978 sound col
	PRIDE OF ISLANDS, a [2259] Add to my films The changing pattern of life in the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland.		1973 sound col
	SORLEY MACLEAN'S ISLAND [3141] Add to my films The Gaelic poet Sorley Maclean recites his poetry and discusses his work with fellow writer Iain Crichton Smith.		1974 sound col
	STILL LIFE WITH HONESTY [2686] Add to my films The late Sir William Gillies, speaks of his life's work while the camera lingers on his paintings.		1970 sound col
	TAYSIDE [2257] Add to my films An overview of Tayside, looking at its industries, towns, landscape and people. First Films of Scotland film to be made about one of the new local authority regions.		1974 sound col
	TWO MEN OF TIREE [2696] Add to my films Bakers baking bread, children singing a Gaelic song and fishermen fishing for lobsters on the island of Tiree. (Both men were given start up funding from the Highlands and Islands Development Board)		1975 sound col