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Anthony Asquith

Anthony Asquith

Director · 1902–1968 · London, England

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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.

Directed 40

1960s

  1. 1964
  2. 1963

    An Evening With The Royal Ballet

    Director

  3. The V.I.P.s

    Director

  4. 1962

    Guns of Darkness

    Director

  5. 1961

    Two Living, One Dead

    Director

  6. 1960

    The Millionairess

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959

    Libel

    Director

  2. The Doctor's Dilemma

    Director

  3. 1958

    Orders to Kill

    Director

  4. 1956

    On Such a Night

    Director

  5. 1954

    Carrington V.C.

    Director

  6. The Young Lovers

    Director

  7. 1953

    The Final Test

    Director

  8. The Net

    Director

  9. 1952
  10. 1951

    The Browning Version

    Director

  11. 1950

    The Woman in Question

    Director

1940s

  1. 1948
  2. 1947

    While the Sun Shines

    Director

  3. 1945

    The Way to the Stars

    Director

  4. 1944

    Fanny by Gaslight

    Director

  5. 1943

    The Demi-Paradise

    Director

  6. A Welcome to Britain

    Director

  7. 1942

    Uncensored

    Director

  8. 1941

    Cottage to Let

    Director

  9. Quiet Wedding

    Director

  10. Freedom Radio

    Director

  11. 1940

    Channel Incident

    Director

  12. French Without Tears

    Director

1930s

  1. 1938
  2. 1935

    Brown on Resolution

    Assistant Director

  3. 1934

    Moscow Nights

    Director

  4. Unfinished Symphony

    Director

  5. 1933

    The Lucky Number

    Director

  6. 1931

    Tell England

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    Director

  2. The Runaway Princess

    Director

  3. 1928

    Underground

    Director

Wrote 9

1960s

  1. 1961

    Two Living, One Dead

    Writer

1930s

  1. 1933

    The Lucky Number

    Writer

  2. Letting in the Sunshine

    Story

  3. 1932

    Marry Me

    Writer

  4. 1931

    Tell England

    Writer

1920s

  1. 1929

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    Writer

  2. 1928

    Underground

    Screenplay

Acted in 1

1920s

  1. 1929

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    Bespectacled Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Appearances1

1950s

  1. 1957

    Bernard Shaw

    Self