CHRISTOPHER NEAME - Hammer Films Production Manager

Christopher Neame, who was a production manager for Hammer Films during their horror heyday in the 1960s and early 1970s, died in Provence, France, on June 12, 2011.  He was 68.  He was born in Windsor, England, on December 24, 1942, the son of director and cinematographer Ronald Neame.  He began working in films in the early 1960s before joining Hammer Films as a production manager during their horror film heyday.  His credits include “Dracula, Prince of Darkness” (1965), “Rasputin, the Mad Monk” (1965), “Frankenstein Created Woman” (1967), “Five Million Years To Earth” (aka “Quatermass and The Pit”) (1967), “The Anniversary” (1968), “The Devil Rides Out” (1968), “Frankenstein Must be Destroyed” (1969), “The Beast In The Cellar” (1970), “Blood From the Money’s Tomb” (1971), “Fear In The Night” (1972), “Demons of the Mind” (1972), “Blueblood” (1973), the sexy sci-fier “The Love Factor” (aka “Zeta One”) (1973) which he also scripted, and “Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell” (1974).  He also worked in television from the late 1970s as a producer for such series as “Danger UXB” and “Q.E.D.”  (Note: He is not the actor of the same name who appeared in several Hammer horrors in the early 1970).