Anthony Asquith

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Anthony Asquith

Directing November 9, 1902

London, England

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) an…

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Pygmalion

Pygmalion

7.0 1938 Movie
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

7.2 1952 Movie
The Browning Version

The Browning Version

7.6 1951 Movie
The V.I.P.s

The V.I.P.s

6.1 1963 Movie
The Yellow Rolls-Royce

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

6.1 1964 Movie
The Millionairess

The Millionairess

5.3 1960 Movie
The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars

6.0 1945 Movie
We Dive at Dawn

We Dive at Dawn

6.3 1943 Movie
The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy

7.0 1948 Movie
A Cottage on Dartmoor

A Cottage on Dartmoor

7.2 1929 Movie
Libel

Libel

6.8 1959 Movie
Orders to Kill

Orders to Kill

7.2 1958 Movie

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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.

Filmography

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  1. 1964
    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    Movie Director

  2. 1963
    An Evening With The Royal Ballet

    Movie Director

  3. 1963
    The V.I.P.s

    Movie Director

  4. 1962
    Guns of Darkness

    Movie Director

  5. 1961
    Two Living, One Dead

    Movie Director

  6. 1960
    Insight: Anthony Asquith

    Movie

  7. 1960
    The Millionairess

    Movie Director

  8. 1959
    Libel

    Movie Director

  9. 1959
    The Doctor's Dilemma

    Movie Director

  10. 1958
    Orders to Kill

    Movie Director

  11. 1957
    Bernard Shaw

    Movie Self

  12. 1956
    On Such a Night

    Movie Director

  13. 1954
    Carrington V.C.

    Movie Director

  14. 1954
    The Young Lovers

    Movie Director

  15. 1953
    The Final Test

    Movie Director

  16. 1953
    The Net

    Movie Director

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  1. 1952
    The Importance of Being Earnest

    Movie Director

  2. 1951
    The Browning Version

    Movie Director

  3. 1950
    The Woman in Question

    Movie Director

  4. 1948
    The Winslow Boy

    Movie Director

  5. 1947
    While the Sun Shines

    Movie Director

  6. 1945
    The Way to the Stars

    Movie Director

  7. 1944
    Fanny by Gaslight

    Movie Director

  8. 1944
    Two Fathers

    Movie Director

  9. 1943
    The Demi-Paradise

    Movie Director

  10. 1943
    We Dive at Dawn

    Movie Director

  11. 1943
    A Welcome to Britain

    Movie Director

  12. 1942
    Uncensored

    Movie Director

  13. 1941
    Rush Hour

    Movie Director

  14. 1941
    Cottage to Let

    Movie Director

  15. 1941
    Quiet Wedding

    Movie Director

  16. 1941
    Freedom Radio

    Movie Director

  17. 1940
    Channel Incident

    Movie Director

  18. 1940
    French Without Tears

    Movie Director

  19. 1938
    Pygmalion

    Movie Director

  20. 1936
    The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope

    Movie Director

  21. 1935
    Brown on Resolution

    Movie Assistant Director

  22. 1934
    Moscow Nights

    Movie Director

  23. 1934
    Unfinished Symphony

    Movie Director

  24. 1933
    The Lucky Number

    Movie Director