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Born Falkirk (Scotland), 19 August 1920 Country of birth United Kingdom Genre Documentary Films Raid Into Tibet Portal Portal icon Film George (Neilson) Patterson (Falkirk (Scotland), 19 August 1920 – Lesmahagow, 28 December 2012) is a Scottish film director, sinologist, Tibetologist and author.
Biography Patterson started out as a mechanic and decided to attend the Missionary School of Medicine in London for a year. In 1946 he left for China as a missionary. He studied Chinese and went to Eastern Tibet with Geoffrey Bull in 1947. He traveled through the area, living among the militant Khamba tribes and learning their language while providing medical treatment. As the invasion of Tibet loomed in 1950 and his medical supplies were running low, he left for the West at the request of the Khamba leaders to warn the governments of India, the United Kingdom and the United States and to seek help for the Khamba.
Once the invasion had taken place and the borders were closed, he stayed in the Indian border towns of Kalimpong and Darjeeling until 1961. He was asked by the family of Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso to arrange his escape and exile in the United States. He wrote to many authorities and newspapers. In 1961 he returned to Britain and had his own radio programme for the BBC, Asian Affairs In The British Press, and worked with radio and television companies in Canada, New Zealand and Australia. In 1961 he stood for the Liberal Democrats in the West Edinburgh constituency.
In 1964-5 he was a scriptwriter for documentaries about Asia, with Adrian Cowell and Chris Menges. From 1964-73 he was based in Hong Kong as a base for his travels in Asia, working for Radio Hong Kong and Rediffusion-TV. From 1966-8 he helped set up Hong Kong's first commercial newspaper, the Hong Kong Trade Development Corporation.
When his wife Meg developed a revolutionary new treatment for drug addiction (NeuroElectric Therapy, or NET) they returned to London so she could continue her research. There they set up a drug clinic.
On 25 March 2011 he was awarded the Light of Truth Award.
Filmography Raid Into Tibet was a 1967 documentary about Tibetan guerrillas fighting the Chinese army. It won the International Prix Italia in 1967 as best documentary of the year.
Chasing The Dragon from 1970 was a documentary about the drug problem in Hong Kong. Synanon from 1980 documented the famous American drug crackdown that resulted in cultism and violence.
Bibliography 1952: Tibetan Journey, Faber & Faber 1954: God's Fool, Doubleday 1956: Up And Down Asia 1958: Tragic Destiny 1960: Tibet In Revolt 1964: Beijing Versus Delhi, Praeger 1965: The Unquiet Frontier, Dragonfly Paperbacks 1968: Christianity In Communist China, Word Books 1975: Addictions Can Be Cured, with Meg Patterson, Lion publishers 1983: Getting Off The Hook, with Meg Patterson, Harold Shaw 1983: Christianity And Marxism, Paternoster Press 1990: Requiem For Tibet, Aurum Press, London 1987: The Power Factor, with Meg Patterson, Word Books 1990: The China Paradox, Christ Versus Marx. Word Books 1994: The Paradise Factor, with Meg Patterson, Word Books 2006: Patterson Of Tibet, Autobiography. Promotion Publishing See also History of the Explorations in Tibet Sources, notes and/or references (en) biography Bibliographic information Categories: British film directorBritish sinologistBritish tibetologist Send feedback Side panels History Saved