Ronald Neame

Ronald Neame CBE BSC
Neame at the 45th Academy Awards in 1973
Born	(1911-04-23)23 April 1911 London, England, U.K.
Died	16 June 2010(2010-06-16) (aged 99) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Citizenship	United Kingdom United States
Education	Hurstpierpoint College
Alma mater	University College School
Occupations	Director cinematographer producer screenwriter
Years active	1939–1991
Spouse(s)	Beryl Yolanda Warburton Heanly (m. 1933 – div. 1992) Donna Friedberg ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	Christopher Neame
Parent(s)	Ivy Close Elwin Neame

Ronald Neame CBE, BSC (23 April 1911 – 16 June 2010) was an English film producer, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Beginning his career as a cinematographer, for his work on the British war film One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1943) he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Special Effects. During a partnership with director David Lean, he produced Brief Encounter (1945), Great Expectations (1946), and Oliver Twist (1948), receiving two Academy Award nominations for writing.

Neame then moved into directing, and some notable films included, The Man Who Never Was (1956), which chronicled Operation Mincemeat, a British WWII deception operation, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), which won Maggie Smith her first Oscar, and the action-adventure disaster film The Poseidon Adventure (1972). He also directed I Could Go On Singing (1963), Judy Garland's last film, and Scrooge (1970), starring Albert Finney.

For his contributions to the film industry, in 1996 Neame was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest award the British Film Academy can give a filmmaker.