American Beauty (1999 film) "American Beauty" to the fledgling DreamWorks studio, which bought the script for $250,000, outbidding several other production bodies. DreamWorks financed the $15 million production and served as its North American distributor. "American Beauty" marked theater director Mendes' film debut; courted after his successful productions of the musicals "Oliver!" and "Cabaret", Mendes was only given the job after 20 others were considered and several A-list directors turned down the opportunity. Spacey was Mendes' first choice for the role of Lester, though DreamWorks urged him to consider better-known actors; similarly, the studio suggested several actors for the role of Carolyn until Mendes
Burnham committee Union of Teachers. The National Association of Schoolmasters was not represented until 1961. The archives of official papers of the Burnham Committees and their Teachers' Panels are held at Warwick University library. Burnham committee The Burnham committee - properly the Burnham Primary and Secondary and Burnham Further Education Committees - was responsible for setting teachers pay in the United Kingdom. The committees were established by H. A. L. Fisher in 1919 when he was President of the Board of Education. On each committee there was a Teachers' Panel on which places were allocated to the various teachers unions in proportion