Alan Fountain

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Alan Fountain was born in 1946 in Chelmsford, Essex, to teachers Harold and Bim Fountain and read philosophy and film studies at Nottingham University, In the 1970s he served as East Midlands film officer and joined the British Film Institute's independent production board before moving to Channel 4 as an independent producer and mentor to novice film makers. After leaving Channel 4 he founded Mondial, his own production company before leaving the media world to become a psychotherapist. Survived by wife Tess and two children he died unexpectedly on 3rd March 2016.