| Anthony Sloman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anthony Barney Sloman 6 May 1945 Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, UK |
| Other names | Anthony B. Sloman Tony Sloman |
| Occupation | Broadcaster Film critic Film director Film editor Film producer Lecturer Production manager Screenwriter Sound editor Actor |
Anthony Barney Sloman (born Waltham Abbey, Essex, 6 May 1945) is an English broadcaster, film critic, film director, film editor, film producer, lecturer, production manager, screenwriter, sound editor and actor.
Tony Sloman is a cinema critic and historian, whose long career has encompassed many facets of film making. He has worked intermittently in the film and television industry since 1964, as an actor, director, editor, sound editor, production manager, producer and screenwriter.
In the 1970s he directed two X-Rated British sex films - Not Tonight, Darling! (1971) and Foursome (1972).[1]
He has written a regular internet film column, "Sunset and Wardour" for the "International Film Studio" and he also contributes film criticism for the BBC weekly listings magazine Radio Times. He once finished second on the BBC quiz programme "Film Buff of the Year". He is a longtime member of the National Film Theatre for whom he has served several terms as a Governor of the British Film Institute. He has also programmed several retrospectives for the National Film Theatre.
Sloman has interviewed such figures as Sir David Lean, Ann Miller and Stanley Donen for the Guardian Interview series. He has also written many obituaries of film figures for The Independent.
He married Simone Posner in 1977; they have two sons, one of whom is Jonathan Sloman, a freelance film and television editor and historian.