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Jill Craigie

Jill Craigie

Writer · 1911–1999 · Fulham, London, England

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Biography

Jill Craigie was an English documentary film director, screenwriter, socialist and feminist. Born to a Russian mother and a Scottish father, she was married to the Labour Party politician Michael Foot, whom she met during the making of her film The Way We Live.

Wrote 9

1990s

  1. 1995

    Two Hours from London

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1957

    Windom's Way

    Screenplay

  2. 1954
  3. 1951

    To Be a Woman

    Writer

1940s

  1. 1949

    Blue Scar

    Writer

  2. 1948

    Children of the Ruins

    Writer

  3. 1946

    The Way We Live

    Writer

  4. 1944

    Out of Chaos

    Writer

  5. 1943

Directed 6

1990s

  1. 1995

    Two Hours from London

    Director

1950s

  1. 1951

    To Be a Woman

    Director

1940s

  1. 1949

    Blue Scar

    Director

  2. 1948

    Children of the Ruins

    Director

  3. 1946

    The Way We Live

    Director

  4. 1944

    Out of Chaos

    Director

Produced 2

1950s

  1. 1951

    To Be a Woman

    Producer

1940s

  1. 1946

    The Way We Live

    Producer

Appearances3

2020s

  1. 2020

    Independent Miss Craigie

    Herself (Archive Footage)

1990s

  1. 1997

    Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot

    Self

1940s

  1. 1948

    Children of the Ruins

    Narrator