Colin Richard Bateman "Dick" Bird was an Anglican priest in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.He was born on 31 March 1933, educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and ordained in 1958. His first posts were curacies at St Mark’s Cathedral, George and St Saviour’s Claremont, Cape Town since 1996. He then held incumbencies in Pretoria and Tzaneen. On his return to England he was Curate at Limpsfield then Vicar of St Catherine, Hatcham. In 1988 he became Archdeacon of Lambeth, a post he held for 11 years. He died on 2 June 2010.
Saskatchewan-based from 1921, he was a cameraman who made pioneering documentaries in the 1920s and early 1930s, and returned from his photograph supply business for his swan song in 1938. Much later, while still running the firm (which continues to exist today), he and his wife Ada did some work for Disney.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Youth Marches On
1938
Documentary short
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Youth Marches On
1938
Documentary short
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
White Wilderness
1958
Documentary additional photographer
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Youth Marches On
1938
Documentary short
Known for movies
Youth Marches On 1938 as Director
White Wilderness 1958 as Camera and Electrical Department
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