Movies: Ron Peck

In the docklands of East London stands the Empire State, a nightclub full of magic and mystery. Designed like an ocean liner, it's become a battle ground where anything can happen. In the midst of the action, a young boy stows aboard to search for hi...

In 70s Great Britain, a gay teacher is forced to hide his sexuality by day while living his secret life by night....

Ron Peck talks about his experiences of growing up as a gay man, the attitudes to homosexuality in Britain, and his journey towards making his film "Nighthawks"....

Fighters is often cited as the definitive documentary film on the subject of boxing. It brilliantly captures both the romanticism and the agonising, sweat-dripping discipline inherent in this hardest game of all....

Tape/slide programme made as part of the East End Festival. It shows the history of cinema and theatre existing in East London, combining a collection of historic photographs and interviews....

Set in the shadowy world between boxing and crime, the drama follows the fates of several young East End boxers as they are tempted into a life of crime and 'real money'. All characters are played by real-life boxers, boxing trainers and their famili...

Using interviews with close family, friends and collaborators, The Gospel According to St. Derek bears witness to Derek Jarman’s unique approach to low-budget film-making (his near-alchemical ability to turn the base components of film-making in to a...

Derek Jarman’s Will You Dance with Me? is an essential document of LGBTQ London that was unseen until 2014, 30 years after it was originally shot. In September 1984, Jarman was invited by director Ron Peck and writer Mark Ayres to record improvisatio...

A male model's poses are accompanied by a photographer's narration exploring censorship, self expression and sexual desire....

A film based on a search undertaken by filmmaker Ron Peck into the life and work of the painter Edward Hopper....

Paul Hallam reads from one of his screenplays while the various sex shops and takeaways of Soho, London, provide the imagery. Filmed on a digital video camera and from a single viewpoint in a first floor flat....

A married couple - the man a closeted homosexual, the woman bed-ridden - struggle with their relationship....

Short documentary about allotment-holders in East London....

Railman is a film concerned as much with the distribution of roles within the film collective as with getting “as close as possible to the life and routines” of an NUR station master. Filmed at Grove Park Station, Lewisham, in south east London, and ...

Extended featurette shot during the production of Fighters (1991), detailing Mark Kaylor's comeback match....