Desmond Davis

**Desmond Stanley Tracey Davis** (24 ga Mayu 1926 - 3 ga Yuli 2021) ya kasance darektan fina-finai da talabijin na Burtaniya, wanda aka fi sani da fim dinsa na 1981 Clash of the Titans .

## Rayuwa ta farko da aiki
An haifi Desmond Davis a Wandsworth, kudu maso yammacin Landan. Iyayensa sune Dorothy (an haife shi Newbold) da Isaac (wanda aka sani da William) Davis, darektan kamfanin kera ruwan tabarau na Newbold & Co. Yayinda yake dalibi a Regent Street Polytechnic (yanzu Jami'ar Westminster), Davis ta yi karatun daukar hoto da fim.

A shekara ta 1944 Davis ya shiga Riverside Studios a matsayin mai ɗaukar kaya. Yayinda yake can, ya yi aiki a kan wasan kwaikwayo guda biyu, Kada ku Ɗauki Shi zuwa Zuciya (wanda Jeffrey Dell ya jagoranta) da It's in the Bag (wanda Richard Wallace ya jagorantar). 

Daga nan aka tsara Davis don shiga cikin Sashin Fim da Hotuna na Sojojin Burtaniya, yana aiki a ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu yana da shekaru 18. Ya kasance sajan a cikin rundunar sojojin Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya daga 1945-49. Ya yi tafiya sosai kuma ana iya ganin hotunan aikinsa a Gidan Tarihin Yaƙi na Imperial . 

Bayan ya yi aikin karatunsa a matsayin yaro a cikin shekarun 1940 kuma ya gama aikin soja, Davis ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ɗaukar kaya a fina-finai na gargajiya kamar The Happiest Days of Your Life (wanda Frank Launder ya jagoranta) da The African Queen (wanda John Huston ya jagorantar).  Davis ya yi aiki har zuwa mai ba da kyamara na farko a cikin fina-finai na Burtaniya masu ƙarancin kuɗi na shekarun 1950. Davis ya yi aiki ga darektan fina-finai na zamantakewar al'umma Tony Richardson . A cikin shekarun 1960, Davis ya yi aiki a matsayin mai aiki da kyamara a kan fina-finai masu daraja a duniya kamar A Taste of Honey (wanda Richardson ya jagoranta), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Freud: The Secret Passion (wanda Huston ya jagoranda) da *Tom Jones* (wanda Richard son ya jagorantar). *Tom Jones* ya lashe Oscars hudu, ciki har da Kyautar Kwalejin don Hoton Mafi Kyawu, a Kyautar Kwalejin ta 36. Ya kasance mai sarrafa kyamara a kan Seth Holt's suspense thriller for Hammer Films, 1961's Taste of Fear tare da mai daukar hoto Douglas Slocombe . Daga baya, ya sake aiki tare da Slocombe a wannan lokacin kawai, Davis yana jagorantar, juyawa da ya yarda da samun "abin kunya". 

## Darakta
Davis ya fara zama darektan a shekarar 1964 tare da Girl with Green Eyes, wanda Edna O"Brien ta rubuta ta daidaita littafinta The Lonely Girl daga littafinta mai suna The Country Girls .  Variety ya rubuta, "Davis yana da tunani, a shirye yake ya dauki dama kuma yana da tausayi don zana wasan kwaikwayo mai mahimmanci daga simintinsa. "  Yarinya tare da Green Eyes ta lashe lambar yabo ta Hukumar Bincike ta Amurka don Darakta Mafi Kyawu a wannan shekarar. Har ila yau, ta lashe lambar yabo ta Golden Globe ta 1965 a Amurka don mafi kyawun fim na kasashen waje na harshen Ingilishi.  

A bikin fina-finai na kasa da kasa na San Sebastian na 1966, Davis ta lashe kyautar Golden Shell don Na kasance mai farin ciki a nan . Fim din ya fito da Sarah Miles a wani O"Brien.  Davis ta sake haɗuwa da taurari biyu na Girl with Green Eyes, Rita Tushingham da Lynn Redgrave, a cikin Smashing Time, wasan kwaikwayo na 1967 da aka kafa a London. An zabi Smashing Time don mafi kyawun fim na kasashen waje na harshen Ingilishi Golden Globe a shekarar 1968.  Fim din karshe da Davis ya jagoranta a cikin shekarun 1960 shine wasan kwaikwayo na 1969 A Nice Girl Like Me wanda Barbara Ferris ta fito. 

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