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Sidney Gilliat
Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. He was born in the district of Edgeley i…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. He was born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and its sequel Night Train to Munich (1940), directed by Carol Reed. He and Launder made their directorial debut co-directing the home front drama Millions Like Us (1943). From 1945 he also worked as a producer, starting with The Rake's Progress, which he also wrote and directed. He and Launder made over 40 films together, founding their own production company Individual Pictures. While Launder concentrated on directing their comedies, most famously the four St Trinian's School films, Gilliat showed a preference for comedy-thrillers and dramas, including Green for Danger (1946), London Belongs to Me (1948) and State Secret (1950). He wrote the libretto for Malcolm Williamson's opera Our Man in Havana, based on the novel by Graham Greene. He had also worked on the film. He married Beryl Brewer in the early 30s. He had two children: Joanna Gilliat, who is a journalist and is married to Edward Russell, a pilot and Caroline Gilliat, who was an opera singer and teacher, who was married to Anthony Cave Brown (journalist). He had 3 grand children, Amanda Eliasch, Toby Brown and Camilla Horn. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Gilliat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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1993
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Movie Self - Interviewee
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1982
The Boys in Blue
Movie Original Story
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1972
Ooh...You Are Awful
Movie Executive Producer
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1972
Endless Night
Movie Director
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1966
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Movie Writer
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1962
Only Two Can Play
Movie Director
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1960
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Movie Writer
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1959
Left Right and Centre
Movie Director
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1957
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Movie Writer
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1957
The Smallest Show on Earth
Movie Presenter
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1957
Fortune Is a Woman
Movie Director
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1956
The Green Man
Movie Theatre Play
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1955
Geordie
Movie Producer
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1955
The Constant Husband
Movie Producer
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1954
The Belles of St Trinian's
Movie Screenplay
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1953
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
Movie Director
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1952
Folly to Be Wise
Movie Producer
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1951
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Movie Producer
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1950
State Secret
Movie Director
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1950
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Movie Producer
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1949
The Blue Lagoon
Movie Producer
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1948
London Belongs to Me
Movie Director
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1947
Captain Boycott
Movie Producer
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1946
Green for Danger
Movie Director
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1946
I See a Dark Stranger
Movie Writer
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1945
The Rake's Progress
Movie Director
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1945
Waterloo Road
Movie Director
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1943
Millions Like Us
Movie Director
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1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
Movie Screenplay
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1942
Partners in Crime
Movie Director
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1941
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light
Movie Story
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1941
Kipps
Movie Screenplay
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1940
Crook's Tour
Movie Characters
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1940
Night Train to Munich
Movie Screenplay
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1940
Girl in the News
Movie Screenplay
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1940
They Came by Night
Movie Screenplay
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1939
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Movie Writer
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1939
Jamaica Inn
Movie Screenplay
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1939
Ask a Policeman
Movie Story
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1938
The Gaunt Stranger
Movie Screenplay
