John Quested
Encyclopedia
John Quested has been the owner and chairman of Goldcrest Films
since the early 90s. He began his career as a third assistant director on The Concrete Jungle
in 1960 and has gone on to produce many feature films over the course of his career.
Goldcrest Films
Goldcrest Films is a British film production company founded by Jake Eberts in January 1977. It enjoyed great success in the 1980s with films such as Local Hero , The Killing Fields and Hope and Glory mostly produced by David Puttnam on modest budgets. The company also benefited from the new...
since the early 90s. He began his career as a third assistant director on The Concrete Jungle
The Criminal
The Criminal is a 1960 British drama film produced by Nat Cohen and directed by Joseph Losey, starring Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker and Jill Bennett. Baker plays an ex-con who takes part in the robbery of a racetrack and is caught and sent back to prison...
in 1960 and has gone on to produce many feature films over the course of his career.
Producer
- Elvis and Anabelle (2007) (executive producer)
- Milk and Honey (2003) (executive producer)
- To End All Wars (2001) (executive producer)
- Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997) (executive producer)
- Clockwatchers (1997) (co-executive producer) (uncredited)
- Driftwood (1997) (executive producer)
- No Way Home (1996) (executive producer)
- Scorchers (1991) (executive producer), alternative name: Hot Lover (Philippines: English title)
- Rock-A-Doodle (1991) (executive producer)
- Black Rainbow (1989) (producer)
- American Gothic (1987) (producer), alternative name: Hide and Shriek
- The Return of the Soldier (1982) (executive producer)
- Sunburn (1979) (executive producer)
- The Passage (1979) (producer)
- The Bitch (1979) (producer)
- Leopard in the Snow (1978) (producer)
- The Brute (1977) (producer)
- All the Right Noises (1969) (producer)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Bedazzled (1967) (assistant director), alternative name: Stanley Donen's Bedazzled (US: complete title)
- You Only Live Twice (1967) (first assistant director: second unit) (uncredited), alternative name: Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice (UK: copyright title) (US: complete title)
- Sands of Beersheba (1966) (assistant director), alternative name aka Mordei ha'or (Israel: Hebrew title) or Rebel Against the Light
- The Heroes of Telemark (1965) (assistant director) (uncredited), alternative name: Anthony Mann's The Heroes of Telemark (UK: complete title)
- Young Cassidy (1965) (assistant director)
- Of Human Bondage (1964) (assistant director), alternative name W. Somerset Maugham's of Human Bondage (US: complete title)
- The Ceremony (1963) (assistant director)
- The L-Shaped Room (1962) (assistant director)
- Spare the Rod (1961) (second assistant director) (uncredited)
- The Criminal (1960) (third assistant director) (uncredited), alternative names: Concrete Jungle (US) and The Concrete Jungle (US)
Director
- Loophole (1981), alternative name: Break In (US: video title)
- Philadelphia, Here I Come (1975), alternative name Brian Friel's Philadelphia, Here I Come (Australia: DVD box title)
Production Manager
- The Lion in Winter (1968) (production supervisor)
- The Running Man (1963) (unit manager), alernative names: Carol Reed's The Running Man and The Ballad of the Running Man (International: English title)