Person
Anthony Asquith
Directing · 1902–1968 · London, England
Biography
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.
Known for
The Importance of Being Earnest
Director
Brown on Resolution
Assistant Director
Shooting Stars
Director
Dance Pretty Lady
Director
A Welcome to Britain
Director
The V.I.P.s
Director
Fanny by Gaslight
Director
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Director
The Millionairess
Director
Carrington V.C.
Director
Filmography
- 1964The Yellow Rolls-RoyceDirector
- 1963An Evening With The Royal BalletDirector
- 1963The V.I.P.sDirector
- 1962Guns of DarknessDirector
- 1961Two Living, One DeadDirector
- 1960Insight: Anthony Asquith
- 1960The MillionairessDirector
- 1959LibelDirector
- 1959The Doctor's DilemmaDirector
- 1958Orders to KillDirector
- 1957Bernard ShawSelf
- 1956On Such a NightDirector
- 1954Carrington V.C.Director
- 1954The Young LoversDirector
- 1953The Final TestDirector
- 1953The NetDirector
- 1952The Importance of Being EarnestDirector
- 1951The Browning VersionDirector
- 1950The Woman in QuestionDirector
- 1948The Winslow BoyDirector
- 1947While the Sun ShinesDirector
- 1945The Way to the StarsDirector
- 1944Fanny by GaslightDirector
- 1944Two FathersDirector
- 1943The Demi-ParadiseDirector
- 1943We Dive at DawnDirector
- 1943A Welcome to BritainDirector
- 1942UncensoredDirector
- 1941Rush HourDirector
- 1941Cottage to LetDirector
- 1941Quiet WeddingDirector
- 1941Freedom RadioDirector
- 1940Channel IncidentDirector
- 1940French Without TearsDirector
- 1938PygmalionDirector
- 1936The Story of Papworth, the Village of HopeDirector
- 1935Brown on ResolutionAssistant Director
- 1934Moscow NightsDirector
- 1934Unfinished SymphonyDirector
- 1933The Lucky NumberDirector
- 1933Letting in the SunshineStory
- 1933Youth Shall Be ServedDirector
- 1932Marry MeWriter
- 1931Dance Pretty LadyDirector
- 1931Tell EnglandDirector
- 1929A Cottage on DartmoorBespectacled Man in Cinema (uncredited)
- 1929The Runaway PrincessDirector
- 1928UndergroundDirector
- 1928Shooting StarsDirector
- 1927BoadiceaWriter
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