![]() The Anthology won Wonfor and co-director Bob Smeaton a Grammy in 1997 for Best Long Form Music Video. The documentary also included previously-unfinished Lennon songs, “Free As a Bird” and “Real Love,” released as new Beatles tracks. He then had to include commentary from John Lennon, who had been murdered years earlier. Wonfor spent nearly five years on the film, which combined old footage with new interviews of the three surviving Beatles – Paul McCartney, Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The Beatles Anthology was an eight-part documentary, three double albums, and a book. His work with Harrison led to the most significant assignment of his career. During that documentary, he met the producer of that movie – George Harrison. Wonfor had been a part of British entertainment since the 1980s when he directed a handful of episodes of The Tube and made a documentary about the movie Shanghai Surprise, starring Sean Penn and Madonna. ![]() His death was confirmed Tuesday (November 22) by his daughter Sam Wonfor, who said he passed in Newcastle, where he grew up. NEWCASTLE (CelebrityAccess) – Grammy-winning British filmmaker Geoff Wonfor, who directed the Beatles’ Anthology documentary series, has died at the age of 73. ![]()
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