Christopher Petit

From 1973 to 1978 his work as film editor at Time Out established him as a critic of clarity, originality and perception. His first work for cinema was Radio On. In 1984, Chinese Boxes, a thriller, disappeared almost immediately.’ He couldn’t secure funding for his films so he moved into television and made Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery and a series of documentaries. Suburbs in the Sky, was well received but subsequent pieces like Surveillance and Weather attracted less attention. He worked with Iain Sinclair on two films and started writing. His third novel, Back From The Dead, is a thriller.