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Thursday, June 2, 2016

‘It was the 60s, we were all kids’ – why I spent a lifetime filming stars

From shooting music videos for John Lennon to filming life-sized documentaries in space, Toni Myers talks about her eclectic career in film “It was the rock and roll 60s, we were all kids. It sounds like name dropping, but it really wasn’t like that.” Toni Myers casually dismisses working with Yoko Ono and John Lennon. Like many pivotal moments in the documentary filmmaker’s early days, she claims her meeting with the musical icons was more serendipity than calculated career move. Myers was living and working in London with her British husband at the time, making documentaries out of their Soho offices in Greek Street. Despite a shoestring budget, the pair were experimenting with shooting films to song. Word got out that the couple were producing the world’s first rock videos and it wasn’t long before some of the era’s musical legends began knocking on their door. Continue reading...


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