James Charles Frederick Quinn (23 August 1919 – 11 February 2008),[1] was a British film administrator, producer and exhibitor.
During World War II he was a Major in the Intelligence Unit of the Irish Guards in North Africa.
Under his leadership, the BFI inaugurated the new National Film Theatre under Waterloo Bridge in London (1957), launched the London Film Festival (1957),[1] added television to its official remit, and initiated the regional expansion of the BFI.
[3] After his departure from the BFI, he acquired the Paris Pullman cinema in collaboration with independent distributor Charles Cooper (1967).
He also produced two feature films: Don Levy's Herostratus (1967), and Stuart Cooper's Overlord (1975).