Noel & Roy Spence: The Filmmaking Twins Born in 1944

Published: April 24, 2023, 4 a.m.

Roy and Noel Spence are twin brothers born in 1944 who’ve dedicated their lives to making films.

In today’s episode we talk about:

  • Their first trip to the cinema in 1952
  • Roy’s theory that cave-men were film-makers
  • Experience of using old-school tech to make movies
  • Hilarious moments of when things went wrong on shoot
  • The dangers of an “instant-society”
  • How to do special effects with “no budget”
  • Their experience running private cinemas like Tudor and Excelsior
  • History of some of the 65 cinema’s in Belfast
  • And advice they would give to aspiring film-makers

Check it out.

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