Jack Emery (director)

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Jack Emery
Born
John K. Emery

1944 (age 7879)
CitizenshipBritish
Alma mater Keele University
Occupations
  • Director
  • writer and producer for stage, TV and radio
Notable work Breaking the Code
Spouse(s) Joan Bakewell (1975–2001)
Gillian Emery (2004–)

John K. Emery, better known by his professional name of Jack Emery, is a British director, writer and producer for stage, TV and radio. He was born in 1944[ citation needed ] and educated at Keele University. [1] He began his career producing and acting at Keele, most notably in his first one-man show taken from the novels and plays of Samuel Beckett, called A Remnant, which played in the West End, the Edinburgh Festival and toured worldwide. In 1968 Emery recorded an album, featuring extracts from the show, for Saga Psyche label (PSY 30003). [2] [3]

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Emery has worked both as a freelance writer and producer, and later produced through his own production company, The Drama House. His production credits include the TV movies Witness Against Hitler (1996) and Breaking the Code , which won the Best Single Drama award at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. [4]

In 2000 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by Keele University [5] in recognition of his "body of work, both as original writer and producer, which is distinguished by scholarship and scrupulous research". [6]

Personal life

In 1975 he married English journalist and television presenter Joan Bakewell, who was 12 years older than him. The couple divorced in 2001. Bakewell later said, "The age difference did matter, but other things mattered more." [7]

In 2004 he married Gillian Emery.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Inspiring alumni". Keele University. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. "Jack Emery – A Remnant (1968, Vinyl)" . Retrieved 18 February 2021 via www.discogs.co m.
  3. Jack Emery reads "A remnant": selected from the works of Samuel Beckett. 1968. OCLC   5297950 . Retrieved 18 February 2021 via Open WorldCat.
  4. "Breaking the Code 1998: Presented at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane". Broadcasting Press Guild. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  5. "HONORARY DEGREES AWARDED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF KEELE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  6. "KEELE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES HONORARY DEGREES". Keele University. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  7. "Joan Bakewell tells her side of the story about her affair with Harold Pinter". Radio Times. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2021.