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| I first knew Alan Fountain in the 1980s, before his time at Channel 4, when he was an Arts Council regional film officer and I an education officer at the British Film Institute. | I first knew Alan Fountain in the 1980s, before his time at Channel 4, when he was an Arts Council regional film officer and I an education officer at the British Film Institute. |
| Alan helped the BFI set up courses, schools, and conferences for educationists keen to develop film studies in their institutions. His hard work and strategic thinking provided a model for subsequent collaborations between the arts and education sectors. As such, he played a key role in the growth of film, media and cultural studies. | Alan helped the BFI set up courses, schools, and conferences for educationists keen to develop film studies in their institutions. His hard work and strategic thinking provided a model for subsequent collaborations between the arts and education sectors. As such, he played a key role in the growth of film, media and cultural studies. |
| I remember him best for his calm, quiet interventions, often in the face of resistant political forces, as he advanced the cause of a modernised curriculum for teachers and students. | I remember him best for his calm, quiet interventions, often in the face of resistant political forces, as he advanced the cause of a modernised curriculum for teachers and students. |