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Lindsay Anderson
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British feature-film, theatre and documentary director and film critic (1923-1994)
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Lindsay Gordon Anderson (1923–1994) was a British film director, actor, screenwriter, and film producer. Born in Bengaluru, he was educated at Cheltenham College and Wadham College. His career began in 1948, and he participated in World War II. Anderson received the Palme d'Or and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. He died of a myocardial infarction in Angoulême.
His body of work includes titles such as *Cruise in an Opium Clipper*, *Happy New Year*, *Beverly!*, *Special Date*, *Saying Goodbye*, and *One Special Evening*. The genres associated with his work include pritcha and documentary film.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1038
Top works
- Cruise in an Opium Clipper
- Happy New Year, Beverly!
- Special Date
- Saying Goodbye
- One Special Evening
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Film & TV
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 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…
Known for
- Words in Progress2004
- Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? — Self (Archival)2004
- Lucky Man — Himself1995
- American Cinema — Self1994
- D.W. Griffith: Father of Film — Narrator1993
- Talking with Ozu — Self1993
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties — Self1993
- Blame It on the Bellboy — Mr. Marshall (voice)1992
- Is That All There Is? — Self1992
- Omnibus: John Ford, Part One — Presenter1992
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Key facts
- Born
- Lindsay Gordon Anderson , ( 1923-04-17 ) 17 April 1923, Bangalore , British India , (now Bengaluru, Karnataka , India)
- Died
- 30 August 1994 (1994-08-30) (aged 71), Angoulême , Nouvelle-Aquitaine , France
- Education
- Cheltenham College , Gloucestershire
- Alma mater
- Wadham College, Oxford
- Occupations
- Film director, theatre director, film producer, screenwriter, film critic, actor, artistic director
- Years active
- 1948–1993
- Father
- Alexander Vass Anderson
- Allegiance
- United Kingdom
- Branch
- British Army
- Service years
- 1943–1946
- Unit
- 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps , Intelligence Corps
- Conflicts
- World War II
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lindsay
- Family name
- Anderson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bengaluru
- Place of death
- Angoulême
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Palme d'Or
- Genre
- documentary film
- Conflict
- World War II
- Official website
- www.lindsayanderson.com
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1923-04-17
- date of death
- 1994-08-30
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Lindsay Anderson
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- birth name
- Lindsay Gordon Anderson
- Commons category
- Lindsay Anderson
- name in native language
- Lindsay Anderson
- P12749
- Aloe steudneri
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Encyclopedic overview
Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was an English filmmaker, theatre director, critic, and actor. He was considered a leading light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave, and a principal exponent of kitchen sink realism on both the stage and screen.
As a film director, he is best known for his "Mick Travis Trilogy" of films starring Malcolm McDowell, the first of which, if.... (1968), won the Palme d'Or at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival and earned Anderson a BAFTA nomination for Best Direction. He was also a prominent stage director, both at the Royal Court Theatre and at the West End.
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