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Lindsay Anderson
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Born
| Lindsay Gordon Anderson
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1923-04-17
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17 April 1923
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Died
| 30 August 1994
(1994-08-30)
(aged 71)
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Cause of death
| heart attack
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Occupation
| Director
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Years active
| 1948?1993
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Lindsay Gordon Anderson
(17 April 1923 ? 30 August 1994
[1]
) was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave.
Anderson died from a heart attack on 30 August 1994 at the age of 71.
All Royal Court, London, unless otherwise indicated:
- The Waiting of Lester Abbs
(Kathleen Sully, 1957)
- The Long and the Short and the Tall
(Willis Hall, 1959)
- Progress to the Park
(Alun Owen, 1959)
- The Trial of Cob and Leach/Jazzetry
(Christopher Logue, 1959)
- Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
(John Arden, 1959)
- The Lily White Boys
(Harry Cookson and Christopher Logue, 1960)
- Trials by Logue: Antigone/Cob and Leach
(Christopher Logue, 1960)
- Diary of a Madman
(Gogol adaptation, 1963)
- Box and Cox
(John Maddison Morton, 1961)
- The Fire Raisers
(Max Frisch, 1961)
- Julius Caesar
(William Shakespeare, 1964)
- Andorra
(Max Frisch, National Theatre at the Old Vic, 1964)
- The Cherry Orchard
(Anton Chekhov, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1966)
- Inadmissible Evidence
(John Osborne, Teatr Wspołczesny, Warsaw, 1966)
- The Contractor
(David Storey, 1969)
- Home
(David Storey, also Morosco Theatre NY, 1970)
- The Changing Room
(David Storey, 1971)
- The Farm
(David Storey, 1973)
- Life Class
(David Storey, 1974)
- In Celebration
(David Storey 1974)
- What the Butler Saw
(Joe Orton, 1975)
- The Seagull
(Anton Chekhov, Lyric Theatre, 1975); in repertory with
- The Bed Before Yesterday
(Ben Travers, Lyric Theatre, 1975)
- The Kingfisher
(William Douglas Home, Lyric Theatre 1977, Biltmore NY, 1978)
- Alice's Boys
(Felicity Brown and Jonathan Hayes, Savoy Theatre, 1978)
- Early Days
(David Storey, National Cottesloe Theatre, 1980)
Hamlet theatre royal Stratford east.
- The Holly and the Ivy
(Wynyard Browne, Roundabout New York, 1982)
- The Cherry Orchard
(Anton Chekhov, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1983)
- The Playboy of the Western World
(John Millington Synge, 1984)
- In Celebration
revival (David Storey, Manhattan Theatre Club, NY, 1984)
- Holiday
(Philip Barry, Old Vic, 1987)
- The March on Russia
(David Storey, National Lyttelton Theatre, 1989)
- The Fishing Trip
(Frank Grimes, Warehouse Theatre, 1991)
- Stages
(David Storey, National Cottesloe Theatre, 1992)
Year
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Title
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Notes
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1963
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This Sporting Life
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Nominated?Palme d'Or
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1967
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The White Bus
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Short film, also producer
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1968
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if....
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Also producer
Palme d'Or
Nominated?BAFTA Award for Best Direction
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1973
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O Lucky Man!
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Also producer
Nominated?Palme d'Or
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1975
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In Celebration
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1982
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Britannia Hospital
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Fantasporto Audience Jury Award
Nominated?Palme d'Or
Nominated?Gold Hugo
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1986
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Wham! in China: Foreign Skies
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Documentary
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1987
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The Whales of August
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1992
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Is That All There Is?
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Mockumentary; also writer
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Year
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Title
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Notes
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1956?1957
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
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5 episodes
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1972
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Play for Today
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Episode: "Home"
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1979
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The Old Crowd
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Television film
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1980
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Look Back in Anger
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Television film
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1986
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Free Cinema
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Television documentary
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1987
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Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
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Documentary (Narrator)
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1989
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Glory! Glory!
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Television film
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Year
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Title
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1948
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Meet the Pioneers
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1949
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Idlers that Work
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1952
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Trunk Conveyor
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1952
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Three Installations
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1954
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Thursday's Children
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1955
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The Children Upstairs
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1955
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Henry
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1955
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Green and Pleasant Land
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1955
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Foot and Mouth
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1955
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Energy First
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1955
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A Hundred Thousand Children
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1955
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£20 a Ton
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1956
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O Dreamland
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1957
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Wakefield Express
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1957
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Every Day Except Christmas
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1959
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March to Aldermaston
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1967
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The Singing Lesson
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Year
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Title
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Role
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Notes
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1973
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O Lucky Man!
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Film Director
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Uncredited
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1986
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Inadmissible Evidence
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Barrister
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1981
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Chariots of Fire
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Master of Caius
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1991
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Prisoner of Honor
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War Minister
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Television film
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1992
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Blame It on the Bellboy
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Mr. Marshall
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Voice
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