Len Fulford

Photographer, Person

1928 –

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Who is Len Fulford?

Leonard Alfred Fulford was a British commercial photographer and director, with a specialty for photography of still life. He is one of the founding members of BFCS, one of the most successful commercial production companies of all time, winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Advertising Festival an unprecedented six times and with studios in London, New York, Los Angeles and Milan. Fulford directed the popular Go to work on an egg television commercials for the Egg Marketing Board during the 1960s. Fulford also directed many of the iconic Guinness television commercials of the 1970s and 1980s.

His work earned him numerous awards and much recognition. The famous "Go to work on an egg" television ad campaign which he directed earned him the nickname "the eggman" within the industry. John Lennon makes reference to Len as "the eggman" in The Beatles song "I Am the Walrus".

Len Fulford retired in 1995 and resided in East Anglia. He died in Friston, Suffolk, on 27 November 2011, at the age of 83. He was survived by three sons. His wife, the former Gillian Fox, whom he married in 1953, died in 2007.

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Born
Nov 11, 1928
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Lived in
  • Suffolk
Died
Mar 28, 2024

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on July 23, 2013

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