Sidney Gilliat

Sidney Gilliat (born February 15, 1908 in Edgeley , † May 31, 1994 in Pewsey Valle , Wiltshire) was a British screenwriter , film director and film producer .

Life

Sidney Gilliat first worked as a journalist and then came to film as an assistant screenwriter and as a gagman. As a co-author, he wrote his first screenplay in 1932 and then worked for several years mainly in productions by Michael Balcon . During this time, a long-term collaboration developed with his colleague Frank Launder , which over the years also included directing and production responsibility in addition to writing scripts. In addition to a number of average entertainment films , they also wrote the book A Lady Is Disappearing, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and several films by Carol Reed . From the early 1960s, Gilliat was the director of Shepperton Studios active, founded the British Screenwriters Association and was rarely active as a writer or director.

Filmography (selection)

script

1933: Rome Express (Rome Express)
1934: Chu-Chin-Chow
1935: Bulldog Jack (aka Bulldog Drummond)
1936: The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936: A corpse in Nice (Seven Sinners)
1938: A Lady Vanishes (The Lady Vanishes)
1939: Reef Pirates (Jamaica Inn)
1940: Night Train to Munich
1941: Kipps - novel of a simple person (Kipps)
1942: The Young Mr. Pitt
1954: The Fair of St. Trinian's (The Belles of St. Trinian's) - and production
1956: The Green Man (The Green Man) - and production

Director

1944: Waterloo Road
1945: The last fall (The Rake's Progress) - also writer
1947: Warning: Green (Green for Danger) - also screenplay and production
1948: London belongs to me - also production and script
1950: State Secret - also screenplay and production
1955: This is what women love (The constant Husband) - also script and production
1956: On a silk thread (Fortune is a woman) - also production and screenplay
1959: Der Wahlk (r) ampf (Left, right and center) - also production and screenplay
1961: You can only love as a couple (Only Two Can Play)
1971: Murder made to measure (Endless Night) - also screenplay

production

1947: Captain Boycott
1949: The Blue Lagoon (The Blue Lagoon)
1950: Das doppelte College (The happiest days of your live)
1951: Maxie makes a career (Lady Godiva rides again)
1957: The smallest show on earth (The smallest show on Earth)
1959: A Scot looking for a bride (The bridal Path)

Literary template

1977: Tom and Bobby in action (The Boys in blue)

Web links

Sidney Gilliat in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 263.

personal data
SURNAME	Gilliat, Sidney
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British screenwriter, film director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 15, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Edgeley
DATE OF DEATH	May 31, 1994
Place of death	Pewsey Vale, Wiltshire

[1] Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 263.