de Vries, Tjitte, 1938 - 2015
Dates
- Existence: 1 January 1938 - 15 December 2015
Biography
Tjitte de Vries was a Dutch journalist, film historian, film collector and critic born on 1 January 1938.
Tjitte worked as a research journalist and editor, specialised in foreign policy for the Het Vrije Volk newspaper for many years before developing an interest in film critique and history.
Together with his wife Ati Mul he looked after the Melbourne-Cooper fund at EYE. Together they authored ‘They Thought it was a Marvel’ Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961), Pioneer of Puppet Animation in 2009, a biography of Arthur Melbourne-Cooper. Over the years they also amassed a large collection of cinematographic material including film reels, photographs, posters, cameras and projectors, which are now part of the Friends of the Film Archive.
Tjitte de Vries died on 15 December 2015,aged 77 years old.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Audio Material, 1956 - 1999
Various interviews, eight of them related to recordings conducted by Tjitte de Vries with Brit Acres' and Melbourne-Cooper's descendants and relations.
178E12.10 digitised as part of the British Library's Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project.
Audrey Wadowski with Fred Taylor, Gordon Fisher and Reg Shircliffe, on Birt Acres and Alpha Films Interview, 1962 - 1963
Audio cassette tape number T042. Audrey Wadowski with Fred Taylor, Gordon Fisher and Reg Shircliffe, on Birt Acres and Alpha Films, Barnet, St. Albans. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.
Cooper visits Sidney Birt Acres and BBC Interview of Arthur Melbourne Cooper, 20 July 1958
Audio cassette tape number T001. Side A: A.M. Cooper visits. Sidney B. Acres, Southend 1956 Side B: BBC interview of A.M. Cooper interviewed by Ernest Lindgren Bush House. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Tape N.R. VI and XII. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.
Interview of Audrey Wadoski with A.M. Cooper, c1900 - 1999
Audio cassette tape number T047. Audrey Wadoski with A.M. Cooper, Coton on B. Acres start filming Bertha Randall, mail trains upside down camera, etc. Part of eight cassette recordings conducted by Tjitte de Vries with Birt Acres' and Melbourne-Cooper' descendants and relations. Tape N.R. XV,. Disc 10, Band 15a, WAV, 194 Mb, 37 mins (a+b). Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.
Interview with Audrey Wadowski, 1 January 1978
Audio cassette tape interview with Audrey Wadowski, on film lists. London, part of eight cassette recordings conducted by Tjitte de Vries with Birt Acres' and Melbourne-Cooper' descendants and relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.
Interview with Mrs Acres by Tjitte de Vries, 25 August 1978
Audio cassette tape number T180. Interview with Mrs Acres by Tjitte de Vries (Audrey reading from Luke Dixon MS), Southend. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.
Interview with Mrs Acres by Tjitte de Vries on Birt Acres, 27 May 1981
Audio cassette tape number T179. Interview with Mrs Acres by Tjitte de Vries on Birt Acres, Southend. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.
Interview with Tjitte de Vries and Audrey Wadowski about Birt Acres and Arthur Melbourne-Cooper, 15 - 17 August 1978
Audio cassette tape number T181. Interview with Tjitte de Vries and Audrey Wadowski about Birt Acres and Arthur Melbourne-Cooper. London, Holl. Park Avenue. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.
Manuscripts and Research Material, c1995 - 2005
Research material related to the life of Birt Acres conducted by his grandson Alan Acres, mainly for writing Fonstiersman to Film-Maker book.
Research Material for Frontiersman to Fim-Maker Book, c1995 - 2005
Research Material Related to Birt Acres, c1995 - 2005
Copies of photographs related to Birt Acres, his life and achievements from Tjitte de Vries’ collection, the Melbourne-Cooper Archive and Kensington Science Museum, 41 lose copies of original photographs by Birt Acres, three small photo albums containing colour and photographs showing people and places and ten photographs of Birt Acres camera.
Visit to Mrs Sidney Acres and Interview with Audrey Wadowski About Birt Acres, 21 February 1985
Audio cassette tape number T183. Visit to Mrs Sidney Acres, part 2 also with Audrey Wadowski about Birt Acres. Southend. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.