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Lindsay Anderson

Known for directing · Born 17 April 1923 · Died 30 August 1994 · aged 71 · Bangalore, India

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Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was an English director and film critic, best known for his association with the Free Cinema movement and the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for his 1968 film if...., which won the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lindsay Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known for

if....

1968

This Sporting Life

1963

O Lucky Man!

1973

The Whales of August

1987

Britannia Hospital

1982

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

Chariots of Fire

1981

O Dreamland

1953

The White Bus

1967

Thursday's Children

1954

Every Day Except Christmas

1957

In Celebration

1975

Acting (35)

2026Wham! 10 Days in ChinaSelf (archive footage)Film
2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf (archive footage) (voice)Film
2004Words in ProgressFilm
2004Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?Self (Archival)Film
1995Lucky ManHimselfFilm
1994American CinemaSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1993D.W. Griffith: Father of FilmNarratorFilm
1993Talking with OzuSelfFilm
1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the SixtiesSelfSeries
1992Blame It on the BellboyMr. Marshall (voice)Film
1992Is That All There Is?SelfFilm
1992John FordpresenterFilm
1992Omnibus: John Ford, Part OnePresenterFilm
1991Prisoner of HonorWar MinisterFilm
1989Harold Lloyd: The Third GeniusNarratorFilm
1987Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to FollowSelf - Narrator (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
1981Chariots of FireMaster of CaiusFilm
1974NureyevSelf (Interviewer / Narrator)Film
1973O Lucky Man!DirectorFilm
1973O Lucky Man! Innovations in EntertainmentHimselfFilm
1970Hetty King: PerformerNarratorFilm
1968Inadmissible EvidenceBarristerFilm
1968Abel Gance: The Charm of DynamiteNarrator (voice)Film
1968About "The White Bus"SelfFilm
1967Martyrs of LoveMan in traffic police booth (uncredited)Film
1966The Threatening SkyNarrator (UK)Film
1965BBC Play of the MonthHolzSeries
1957John Ford at the NFTFilm
1955Foot and MouthNarrator (voice)Film
1954Trunk ConveyorNarratorFilm
1953The Pleasure GardenMichael-AngelicoFilm
1952Three InstallationsNarratorFilm
1949Idlers That WorkNarratorFilm
1948Meet the PioneersNarrator (voice)Film
—The Last DayNarratorFilm

Directing (31)

1992Is That All There Is?Director, WriterFilm
1989Glory! Glory!DirectorFilm
1987The Whales of AugustDirectorFilm
1986Wham! in China: Foreign SkiesDirectorFilm
1985Free Cinema, 1956 - ? An Essay on Film by Lindsay AndersonDirectorFilm
1982Britannia HospitalDirectorFilm
1980Look Back in AngerDirectorFilm
1979The Old CrowdDirectorFilm
1975In CelebrationDirectorFilm
1973O Lucky Man!Director, ProducerFilm
1972HomeDirectorFilm
1970Play for TodayDirectorSeries
1968if....Director, ProducerFilm
1968Red, White, and ZeroDirectorFilm
1967The White BusDirector, ProducerFilm
1967The Singing LessonDirectorFilm
1963This Sporting LifeDirectorFilm
1959March to AldermastonDirectorFilm
1957Every Day Except ChristmasDirector, WriterFilm
1955The Adventures of Robin HoodDirectorSeries
1955HenryDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1955Foot and MouthDirector, WriterFilm
1955Green and Pleasant LandDirector, ScriptFilm
1955£20 per tonDirectorFilm
1954Thursday's ChildrenDirector, WriterFilm
1954Trunk ConveyorDirectorFilm
1953O DreamlandDirector, WriterFilm
1952Wakefield ExpressDirector, WriterFilm
1952Three InstallationsDirectorFilm
1949Idlers That WorkDirectorFilm
1948Meet the PioneersDirector, EditorFilm

Editing (1)

1956TogetherSupervising EditorFilm

Production (1)

1953The Pleasure GardenProduction ManagerFilm

Writing (2)

1992John FordWriterFilm
1992Omnibus: John Ford, Part OneWriterFilm