Background
Malcolm Richard Needs was born on 19 December 1957, the fourth of five children to parents John and Gwen Needs.
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Malcolm Needs
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He attended Fleecefield Primary school in Edmonton and later Chace Boys in Enfield.
Career
He is the owner of TheMovieWorks and is an avid Tottenham Hotspur supporter. He became the assistant golf professional at Whitewebbs Golf course, Enfield and later became the teaching professional after qualifying at the Professional Golfers Association school at the National Sports Centre, Lilleshall. Radio He started writing comedy in the late eighties and soon became a commissioned writer for British Broadcasting Corporation radio.
Writing gags and sketches for The News Huddlines starring Roy Hudd, June Whitfield and Chris Emmet.
Theatre Campaign and others He created "Wrap up Warm". A campaign Digital Video Disc for Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills that used previously shot undercover footage highlighting the trade in cat and dog fur around the world.
The images were so powerful they helped the campaign convince China to change their trading policies on the use of cat and dog fur. He also directed for McCartney"s Adopt-A-Mine campaign.
He also created the Digital Video Disc that accompanied "My Brilliant Feat".
A tribute charity single to the late football player George Best, by Colin Hay, former lead vocalist of the Australian band Men at Work. The song became the Christmas number one in the iTunes albums download chart. He co-directed the viral comedy "Brilliant," for Comedy Ink Productions.
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Personality
He was the Creative Consultant on Dangerous Parking a feature film starring, Peter Howitt, Saffron Burrows, Tom Conti, Alice Evans, Rachael Stirling and Sean Pertwee.
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Canada