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Anthony Asquith

Known for directing · Born 9 November 1902 · Died 20 February 1968 · aged 65 · London, England

51 credits

Anthony Asquith (9 November 1902 –20 February 1968) was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy (1948) and The Browning Version (1951), among other adaptations. His other notable films include Pygmalion (1938), French Without Tears (1940), The Way to the Stars (1945), and a 1952 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

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Known for

Pygmalion

1938

The Importance of Being Earnest

1952

The Browning Version

1951

The V.I.P.s

1963

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

The Millionairess

1960

The Way to the Stars

1945

A Cottage on Dartmoor

1929

We Dive at Dawn

1943

The Winslow Boy

1948

Libel

1959

Orders to Kill

1958

Acting (3)

1960Insight: Anthony AsquithFilm
1957Bernard ShawSelfFilm
1929A Cottage on DartmoorBespectacled Man in Cinema (uncredited)Film

Directing (42)

1964The Yellow Rolls-RoyceDirectorFilm
1963The V.I.P.sDirectorFilm
1963An Evening With The Royal BalletDirectorFilm
1962Guns of DarknessDirectorFilm
1961Two Living, One DeadDirector, WriterFilm
1960The MillionairessDirectorFilm
1959LibelDirectorFilm
1959The Doctor's DilemmaDirectorFilm
1958Orders to KillDirectorFilm
1956On Such a NightDirectorFilm
1954Carrington V.C.DirectorFilm
1954The Young LoversDirectorFilm
1953The Final TestDirectorFilm
1953The NetDirectorFilm
1952The Importance of Being EarnestDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1951The Browning VersionDirectorFilm
1950The Woman in QuestionDirectorFilm
1948The Winslow BoyDirectorFilm
1947While the Sun ShinesDirectorFilm
1945The Way to the StarsDirectorFilm
1944Fanny by GaslightDirectorFilm
1944Two FathersDirector, WriterFilm
1943We Dive at DawnDirectorFilm
1943The Demi-ParadiseDirectorFilm
1943A Welcome to BritainDirectorFilm
1942UncensoredDirectorFilm
1941Cottage to LetDirectorFilm
1941Quiet WeddingDirectorFilm
1941Freedom RadioDirectorFilm
1941Rush HourDirectorFilm
1940French Without TearsDirectorFilm
1940Channel IncidentDirectorFilm
1938PygmalionDirectorFilm
1936The Story of Papworth, the Village of HopeDirectorFilm
1935Brown on ResolutionAssistant DirectorFilm
1934Moscow NightsDirectorFilm
1934Unfinished SymphonyDirectorFilm
1933The Lucky NumberDirector, WriterFilm
1933Youth Shall Be ServedDirectorFilm
1929A Cottage on DartmoorDirector, WriterFilm
1929The Runaway PrincessDirectorFilm
1928Shooting StarsDirector, WriterFilm

Writing (6)

1933Letting in the SunshineStoryFilm
1932Marry MeWriterFilm
1931Tell EnglandWriter, DirectorFilm
1931Dance Pretty LadyWriter, DirectorFilm
1928UndergroundScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1927BoadiceaWriterFilm