Sidney Gilliat

Forfatter, Producer, Instruktør, Skuespiller

15. februar 1908 — 31. maj 1994 (86 år)
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Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer.

He was born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and its sequel Night Train to Munich (1940), directed by Carol Reed. He and Launder made their directorial debut co-directing the home front drama Millions Like Us (1943). From 1945 he also worked as a producer, starting with The Rake's Progress, which he also wrote and directed. He and Launder made over 40 films together, founding their own production company Individual Pictures. While Launder concentrated on directing their comedies, most famously the four St Trinian's School films, Gilliat showed a preference for comedy-thrillers and dramas, including Green for Danger (1946), London Belongs to Me (1948) and State Secret (1950).

He wrote the libretto for Malcolm Williamson's opera Our Man in Havana, based on the novel by Graham Greene. He had also worked on the film.

He married Beryl Brewer in the early 30s. He had two children: Joanna Gilliat, who is a journalist and is married to Edward Russell, a pilot and Caroline Gilliat, who was an opera singer and teacher, who was married to Anthony Cave Brown (journalist). He had 3 grand children, Amanda Eliasch, Toby Brown and Camilla Horn.

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Film og serier på Plex

  • En kvinde forsvinder
    En kvinde forsvinder1938
  • Jamaica-kroen
    Jamaica-kroen1939
  • Den tossede biograf
    Den tossede biograf1957
  • Vi gav aldrig op
    Vi gav aldrig op1943

Kendt for

  • En kvinde forsvinder
    En kvinde forsvinder1938
  • Jamaica-kroen
    Jamaica-kroen1939
  • En Morder i hvidt
    En Morder i hvidt1946
  • Nattog til München
    Nattog til München1940
  • Seks bomber
    Seks bomber1956
  • Endeløs nat
    Endeløs nat1972
  • En kvinde forsvinder
    En kvinde forsvinder1979
  • Ballade i pigepensionen
    Ballade i pigepensionen1954
  • Kun for to er legen go'
    Kun for to er legen go'1962
  • Den tossede biograf
    Den tossede biograf1957
  • Vi gav aldrig op
    Vi gav aldrig op1943
  • Hun legede med ilden
    Hun legede med ilden1957
  • Ask a Policeman
    Ask a Policeman1939
  • St. Trinian's søde piger
    St. Trinian's søde piger1960
  • Hvor der er hjerterum
    Hvor der er hjerterum1950
  • Jeg var spion
    Jeg var spion1946
  • Skotten svinger hammeren
    Skotten svinger hammeren1955
  • Panik i pigeskolen
    Panik i pigeskolen1957
  • Rivaler
    Rivaler1945
  • Den mystiske Doktor
    Den mystiske Doktor1936

Filmografi

1972
Endless Night · as Screenplay
1966
1960
1959
Left Right and Centre · as Screenplay
1957
1957
She Played with Fire · as Screenplay
1955
Wee Geordie · as Screenplay
1955
Marriage a la Mode · as Screenplay
1954
1953
1950
The Great Manhunt · as Screenplay
1948
Dulcimer Street · as Screenplay
1946
Green for Danger · as Screenplay
1946
1945
Notorious Gentleman · as Screenplay
1945
1944
1943
Millions Like Us · as ScreenplayPå Plex
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt · as Screenplay
1942
1942
1941
The Remarkable Mr. Kipps · as Screenplay
1940
The Girl in the News · as Screenplay
1940
Night Train to Munich · as Screenplay
1939
1938
The Lady Vanishes · as ScreenplayPå Plex
1938
The Phantom Strikes · as Screenplay
1938
1936
The Man Who Lived Again · as Screenplay
1936
1935
King of the Damned · as Screenplay
1935
Alias Bulldog Drummond · as Screenplay
1934
Chu Chin Chow · as Screenplay
1933
1932
Rome Express · as Screenplay
1931