
Person
Michael Grigsby
Directing
Biography
Michael Kenneth Christian Grigsby (7 June 1936 – 12 March 2013) was an English documentary filmmaker. With a filmography spanning six decades and nearly 30 films, Grigsby occupies a unique position in British documentary filmmaking, having witnessed and commented on many of the dramatic changes in British society (and beyond) from the late 1950s into the next century. As a critic noted, "from Michael Grigsby back to John Grierson runs an unbroken tradition in British documentary-making: a passionate commitment to the poetry of everyday life."
Known for

World in Action
Director

Red Letter Day
Director
Viewpoint '90
Director
Hidden Voices
Director

Right to Work March
1972

Living on the Edge
Director
I Was a Soldier
Director
Deckie Learner
Director

Small Is Beautiful: The Story of the Free Cinema Films Told by Their Makers
Self
We Went to War
Director
Filmography
- 2013We Went to WarDirector
- 2006Small Is Beautiful: The Story of the Free Cinema Films Told by Their MakersSelf
- 1995Hidden VoicesDirector
- 1994The Time of Our LivesDirector
- 1990Dear Mr GorbachevDirector
- 1990Viewpoint '90Director
- 1987Living on the EdgeDirector
- 1976Bag of YeastDirector
- 1976The People’s Land, Eskimos of Pond InletDirector
- 1976Red Letter DayDirector
- 1973A Life Apart: Anxieties in a Trawling CommunityDirector
- 1972Right to Work March
- 1970I Was a SoldierDirector
- 1966Low WaterResearcher
- 1965Deckie LearnerDirector
- 1963World in ActionDirector
- 1962Tomorrow's SaturdayDirector
- 1959EnginemenDirector
- 1955No Tumbled HouseDirector
- 1953Ut ProficiasDirector
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