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'It was a job to do' - Kay Roberts

1998

'It was a job to do' - Kay Roberts

1998

  • NFSA IDW4C163G8
  • TypeOral History
  • MediumAudio
  • FormOral history
  • Year1998

Kay Roberts began working at Artransa in 1956, initially as a casting director and script assistant on commercials, but soon graduated to directing documentaries and drama. As Kay explains in this clip from her oral history interview by Stuart Glover, she didn’t realise until much later just how uncommon her career was.

Image: Artransa cast and crew shooting a television commercial, including left to right: Kay Roberts, Alex Ezzard (director), Bren Brown (camera), George Lowe (with light meter), Harry Griffith (agent). NFSA title: 353609.

Kay Roberts began working at Artransa in 1956, initially as a casting director and script assistant on commercials, but soon graduated to directing documentaries and drama. As Kay explains in this clip from her oral history interview by Stuart Glover, she didn’t realise until much later just how uncommon her career was.

Image: Artransa cast and crew shooting a television commercial, including left to right: Kay Roberts, Alex Ezzard (director), Bren Brown (camera), George Lowe (with light meter), Harry Griffith (agent). NFSA title: 353609.

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