A history of Iranian cinema for UK TV, produced by John Archer of Hopscotch films (above, far right), shot by the great Mahmoud Kalari (left, foreground) and overseen by Rose Issa (behind Mahmoud). I’d been to Iran before (I’d driven there from Scotland) and knew Iranian cinema well, but seeing how Iranians made movies – and thought about movies – changed my filmmaking.  

John Archer became my most regular producer.