Sidney Gilliat

Sceneggiatore, Produttore, Regista, Attore

15 febbraio 1908 — 31 maggio 1994 (86 anni)
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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 e Serie su Plex

  • La signora scompare
    La signora scompare1938
  • La taverna della Giamaica
    La taverna della Giamaica1939
  • La pazza eredità
    La pazza eredità1957
  • Due nella tempesta
    Due nella tempesta1943

Famoso per

  • La signora scompare
    La signora scompare1938
  • La taverna della Giamaica
    La taverna della Giamaica1939
  • Delitto in bianco
    Delitto in bianco1946
  • Night Train to Munich
    Night Train to Munich1940
  • Assassino di fiducia
    Assassino di fiducia1956
  • Champagne per due dopo il funerale
    Champagne per due dopo il funerale1972
  • Il mistero della signora scomparsa
    Il mistero della signora scomparsa1979
  • The Belles of St. Trinian's
    The Belles of St. Trinian's1954
  • Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
    Blue Murder at St. Trinian's1957
  • Sesso peccato e castità
    Sesso peccato e castità1962
  • The Man Who Lived Again
    The Man Who Lived Again1936
  • La rapina più scassata del secolo
    La rapina più scassata del secolo1966
  • La pazza eredità
    La pazza eredità1957
  • Due nella tempesta
    Due nella tempesta1943
  • Indagine pericolosa
    Indagine pericolosa1957
  • The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's1960
  • The Happiest Days of Your Life
    The Happiest Days of Your Life1950
  • Agente nemico
    Agente nemico1946
  • Wee Geordie
    Wee Geordie1955
  • Ritorno
    Ritorno1945

Filmografia

1972
Endless Night · as Screenplay
1966
1960
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 ScreenplaySu 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 ScreenplaySu 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

1995
1993
1964
Cinema · as Self
1953
Panorama · as Self

1959
Left Right and Centre · as Sleeping Member Of The Electorate
1945
Notorious Gentleman · as Narrator
1930
You'd Be Surprised! · as Bit Part
1929
Would You Believe It! · as Restaurant Customer

1985
Charters & Caldicott · as Characters
1983
The Boys in Blue · as Original Story
1979
The Lady Vanishes · as Based On The Screenplay By
1966
1959
Left Right and Centre · as Original Story
1956
The Green Man · as Theatre Play
1947
1941
1941
You're Telling Me! · as Story
1940
Crook's Tour · as Characters
1939
Jamaica Inn · as DialogueSu Plex
1939
Ask a Policeman · as Story
1938
A Yank at Oxford · as Story
1936
1934
Jack Ahoy · as Scenario
1933
Falling for You · as Story
1933
1932
Night and Day · as Script Contributor
1931
The Gaunt Stranger · as Additional Dialogue
1931
Third Time Lucky · as Additional Dialogue
1930
You'd Be Surprised! · as Additional Gags