As a current BFI exhibition shows and his family attests, he was meticulous, determined, and thorough, but “no more obsessive than anyone else who lives by working on something they love to do and want to get it right,” as his stepdaughter says. “He had his life so sorted … he had a house he could do everything in; he could sleep in his own bed at night; the people he wanted to see came to him; he wasn’t known for his face so he could go to Marks & Spencer’s if he wanted.” – The Guardian