Barney PLATTS-MILLS (1944) was born in Colchester. After running away from boarding school at 15, Platts Mills worked as an assistant editor for great filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick.
In the 60's he discovered the free cinema movement; the idea of an accessible, affordable, independent model of filmmaking. He directed his films Bronco Bullfrog (1969, semaine de la Critique, Cannes) and Private Road (1970, awarded the Golden Leopard at Locarno Film Festival). In the 80's Platts-Mills left the film industry disillusioned by its commercialization. Barney was also a Governor and Honorary Life Member of British Film Institute. Since 2000, Barney Platts Mills has been living and working in Morocco, where he founded Ecole de Cinema de Larache, which trains young people in film. Believing in free cinema, Platts-Mills initially refused to give Zohra a film release, but was finally persuaded to do so.

FILMOGRAPHY
St. Christopher (1957, short),
Everybody's an Actor, Shakespeare Said (1958, doc),
Bronco Bullfrog (1969),
Private Road (1971),
Hero (1982),
Zohra: A Moroccan Fairytale (2011)


Source:
www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/persons/barney-platts-mills/