# Arthur Howes

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{{Short description|British documentarian (1950–2004)}}
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{{Infobox director
| name               = Arthur Joseph Christopher Howes
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1950|7|15|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar), United Kingdom
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2004|11|29|1950|7|15|df=y}}
| death_place        = London, United Kingdom
| notable_works      = {{ubl|
* ''[Kafi's Story](/source/Kafi's_Story)'' (1989)
* ''[Nuba Conversations](/source/Nuba_Conversations)'' (2000)
* ''Benjamin and His Brother'' (2002)
}}
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'''Arthur Howes''' (15 July 1950 – 29 November 2004) was a British documentary film maker and teacher.

==Life==
Howes was born in [Gibraltar](/source/Gibraltar) on 15 July 1950, and moved to London as a teenager.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1478456/Arthur-Howes.html |title=Arthur Howes |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=8 December 2004 |accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref> He was married to Amy Hardie and had one son. He died from lung cancer in London on 29 November 2004, aged 54.<ref name=guardian/>

==Career==
Howes studied teaching, then film-making at the [Polytechnic of Central London](/source/University_of_Westminster).<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|last=Geiger|first=Jeffrey|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/dec/07/broadcasting.guardianobituaries |title=Arthur Howes |website=The Guardian |date=7 December 2004 |accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref> He went on to have a long career in documentary film-making and was particularly known for a trilogy about the Sudanese civil war.<ref name=independent>{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Jenny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/arthur-howes-6156351.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100009/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/arthur-howes-6156351.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 May 2015 |title=Arthur Howes Documentary film-maker in Sudan |language=Dutch |website=The Independent |date=8 December 2004 |accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref> He also taught during his career at [University of Essex](/source/University_of_Essex) and the [London College of Printing](/source/London_College_of_Communication).<ref name=guardian/> At this time of his death he was working on a film ''Bacchanalias Bahianas 1–5'' which was left unfinished. He had worked on this film in Brazil and it focussed on beach culture in [Bahia](/source/Bahia).<ref name=independent/>

==Sudanese films==
*''[Kafi's Story](/source/Kafi's_Story)'' (1989)
*''[Nuba Conversations](/source/Nuba_Conversations)'' (2000)
*''Benjamin and his Brother'' (2002)

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Category:British documentary film directors
Category:British documentary film producers
Category:1950 births
Category:2004 deaths
Category:Gibraltarian male writers
Category:Academics of the London College of Communication
Category:Academics of the University of Essex
Category:Alumni of the University of Westminster
Category:20th-century British businesspeople
Category:Gibraltarian screenwriters

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