Lindsay Anderson

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Lindsay Anderson

Directing April 17, 1923

Bangalore, India

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…

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Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

6.8 1981 Movie
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
if....

if....

7.0 1968 Movie
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show
The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

6.4 1955 TV Show
This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life

7.0 1963 Movie
O Lucky Man!

O Lucky Man!

6.8 1973 Movie
The Whales of August

The Whales of August

7.0 1987 Movie
Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

6.2 1982 Movie
Blame It on the Bellboy

Blame It on the Bellboy

5.4 1992 Movie
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

7.0 1993 TV Show
O Dreamland

O Dreamland

6.2 1953 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Wham! 10 Days in China

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2006
    Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

    Movie Self (archive footage) (voice)

  3. 2004
    Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?

    Movie Self (Archival)

  4. 2004
    Words in Progress

    Movie

  5. 1995
    Lucky Man

    Movie Himself

  6. 1994
    American Cinema

    TV show Self

  7. 1993
    Talking with Ozu

    Movie Self

  8. 1993
    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

    TV show Self

  9. 1993
    D.W. Griffith: Father of Film

    Movie Narrator

  10. 1992
    John Ford

    Movie presenter

  11. 1992
    Is That All There Is?

    Movie Self

  12. 1992
    Omnibus: John Ford, Part One

    Movie Presenter

  13. 1992
    Blame It on the Bellboy

    Movie Mr. Marshall (voice)

  14. 1991
    Prisoner of Honor

    Movie War Minister

  15. 1989
    Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

    Movie Narrator

  16. 1989
    Glory! Glory!

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1987
    The Whales of August

    Movie Director

  2. 1987
    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    TV show Self - Narrator (voice)

  3. 1986
    Wham! in China: Foreign Skies

    Movie Director

  4. 1985
    Free Cinema, 1956 - ? An Essay on Film by Lindsay Anderson

    Movie Director

  5. 1982
    Britannia Hospital

    Movie Director

  6. 1981
    Chariots of Fire

    Movie Master of Caius

  7. 1980
    Look Back in Anger

    Movie Director

  8. 1979
    The Old Crowd

    Movie Director

  9. 1975
    In Celebration

    Movie Director

  10. 1974
    Nureyev

    Movie Self (Interviewer / Narrator)

  11. 1973
    O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment

    Movie Himself

  12. 1973
    O Lucky Man!

    Movie Director

  13. 1972
    Home

    Movie Director

  14. 1970
    Play for Today

    TV show Director

  15. 1970
    Hetty King: Performer

    Movie Narrator

  16. 1968
    if....

    Movie Director

  17. 1968
    Inadmissible Evidence

    Movie Barrister

  18. 1968
    Red, White, and Zero

    Movie Director

  19. 1968
    About "The White Bus"

    Movie Self

  20. 1968
    Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  21. 1967
    The Singing Lesson

    Movie Director

  22. 1967
    The White Bus

    Movie Director

  23. 1967
    Martyrs of Love

    Movie Man in traffic police booth (uncredited)

  24. 1966
    The Threatening Sky

    Movie Narrator (UK)