be ▁awards . ▁Comment s ▁Phil ▁W ick ham : ▁" It ▁feels ▁like ▁half ▁a ▁new ▁wave ▁film ▁– ▁a ▁mid - point ▁between ▁the ▁innov ation ▁of ▁the ▁Wood fall ▁Films ▁and ▁the ▁main stream ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁film ▁industry ." ▁ ▁For bes ▁wrote ▁and ▁directed ▁Sé ance ▁on ▁a ▁W et ▁Af ternoon ▁( 1 9 6 4 ), ▁and ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁he ▁wrote ▁the ▁third ▁screen ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁Som erset ▁M aug ham ▁novel ▁Of ▁Human ▁Bond age . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁Hollywood ▁to ▁make ▁King ▁Rat , ▁a ▁successful ▁prisoner - of - war ▁story . ▁He ▁followed ▁this ▁with ▁The ▁W rong ▁Box ▁( 1 9 6 6 ) ▁and ▁The ▁Wh is per ers ▁( 1 9 6 7 ), ▁the ▁latter ▁featuring ▁Ed ith ▁Evans . ▁A ▁cap er ▁film , ▁Dead fall ▁( 1 9 6 8 ), ▁star red ▁Michael ▁Ca ine . ▁ ▁Head ▁of ▁E MI ▁Films ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁For bes ▁was ▁appointed ▁chief ▁of ▁production ▁and ▁man aging ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁studio ▁Associ ated ▁British ▁( so on ▁to ▁become ▁E MI ▁Films ). ▁Dennis ▁B ark er , ▁in ▁his ▁ob itu ary ▁of ▁For bes ▁for ▁The ▁Guardian , ▁states , ▁' This ▁amount ed ▁virt ually ▁to ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁rev ive ▁the ▁a iling ▁British ▁film ▁industry ▁by ▁inst itut ing ▁a ▁traditional ▁studio ▁system ▁with ▁a ▁whole ▁sl ate