Tony DaltonTony Dalton worked in the film and television industry from 1969 to 2015. He started at the British Film Institute and then was film programmer at The Everyman Cinema in Hampstead, London. In 1977 he became the publicity officer for Leslie Haliwell at Granada Television following which he went into film research working on documentaries and feature film projects for Granada. In 1992 he became a freelance film researcher working for various independents production companies and the BBC. He has worked for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) during which he worked on various film tributes. In 2002 he published AN ANIMATED LIFE about friend and special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen, after which he published four more books about Harryhausen - THE ART OF RAY HARRYHAUSEN (2005), A CENTURY OF MODEL ANIMATION (2008), RAY HARRYHAUSEN - A LIFE IN PICTURES (2010) and RAY HARRYHAUSEN'S FANTASY SCRAPBOOK (2011). In 2013 he wrote FREDDIE FRANCIS - THE STRAIGHT STORY FROM MOBY DICK TO GLORY about cinematographer and director Freddie Francis. His latest book is about friend and director Terence Fisher called TERENCE FISHER MASTER OF GOTHIC CINEMA (2021). Read More Read Less