My friend Michael Macintyre, who has died aged 85, was a television producer/director for the BBC. He worked with David Attenborough on The Tribal Eye in 1975 and Spirit of Asia in 1980, followed by a remarkable series of films, The Shogun Inheritance (1984) and The New Pacific (1985), both of which were accompanied by books featuring Michael’s striking photographs, taken on location. Many of his films captured cultures that have since disappeared, making them invaluable records of the past.
Born in Baildon, West Yorkshire, Michael was the son of Vera Brougham and David Gray. After David’s death, Vera married Maurice Macintyre and Michael was educated at Cheltenham grammar school, followed by Magdalen College, Oxford.
