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Sidney Gilliat, the English director, screenwriter, and producer, was born on February 15, 1908 in Edgely, Cheshire, England. He began his screen-writing career in the silent movie era, writing inter-titles, going uncredited for his contributions to Honeymoon Abroad (1928), Champagne (1928), and Week-End Wives (1929).
Launder and Gilliat. Frank Launder (1906 - 1997) and Sidney Gilliat (1908 - 1994) Launder and Gilliat were one of the most productive teams to work in British films. Separately or together they were involved in some of the greatest works of popular cinema made in this country.
Jul 31, 2024 · Sidney Gilliat was one of the most respected filmmakers of his time, but history has tended to overlook his contributions to British cinema.
From the 1940s to the mid 1960s, Sidney Gilliat and his film-making partner Frank Launder carved a distinctive niche in British cinema, offering middle-brow entertainments stamped with intelligence, an impish wit, and a close regard for the quirks of British life.
The son of a Manchester-based journalist who would eventually become the editor of the London Evening Standard, Gilliat entered the British cinema on New Year's Day 1928 at the suggestion of the...
Jun 10, 1994 · ALTHOUGH kind, self-effacing, yet versatile in most branches of film-making, Sidney Gilliat had a caustic manner that was often of the sort to make tyrants pause and their acolytes tremble,...
Nov 2, 2008 · Geoffrey Macnab posts a touching personal tribute to British writer-producer-director Sidney Gilliat, “one of the unsung heroes of British cinema, an extraordinarily versatile figure who wrote and directed rip-roaring thrillers, satirical comedies, and home-front social dramas,” in the Guardian, marking a BFI Southbank festival.
