John Gau (producer)
British television (1940–2024)
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John Glen Mackay Gau (25 March 1940 – 3 March 2024) was a British television producer.
25 March 1940
John Gau | |
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| Born | John Glen Mackay Gau 25 March 1940 London, England |
| Died | 3 March 2024 (aged 83) |
| Education | Trinity Hall, Cambridge University of Wisconsin |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Nan Munro Cullis William "Bill" Gau |
| Relatives | Rayne Kruger (stepfather) |
John Glen Mackay Gau was born in London to South African parents, Nan Munro, an actress, and her husband, Cullis William "Bill" Gau, a civil engineer.[1]
Bill Gau was killed in action during the Second World War, and Nan married the author Rayne Kruger, who eventually left her for the cookery writer Prue Leith.[1]
He was educated at Haileybury, followed by classics and modern languages at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, then the University of Wisconsin, where he became involved in campus television.[1]
In 1963, he joined the BBC as an assistant film editor in 1963 and within two years became a producer.[1]
In 1966, he married the actress Susan Tebbs, and together they started John Gau Productions.[1]
Gau was appointed a CBE in 1989, he chaired the Independent Programme Producers Association from 1983 to 1986, and the Royal Television Society from 1987 to 1991, and was a director of Channel 4 from 1984 to 1988.[1]