Sidney Gilliat
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor
February 15, 1908 — May 31, 1994 (86 years)
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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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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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Known For
Filmography
| 1972 | Endless Night · as Screenplay |
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| 1957 | She Played with Fire · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | Wee Geordie · as Screenplay |
| 1955 | Marriage a la Mode · as Screenplay |
| 1954 | The Belles of St. Trinian's · as Screenplay |
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| 1950 | The Great Manhunt · as Screenplay |
| 1948 | Dulcimer Street · as Screenplay |
| 1946 | Green for Danger · as Screenplay |
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| 1945 | Notorious Gentleman · as Screenplay |
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| 1943 | Millions Like Us · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1942 | The Young Mr. Pitt · as Screenplay |
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| 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 ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1938 | The Phantom Strikes · as Screenplay |
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| 1936 | The Man Who Lived Again · as Screenplay |
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| 1935 | King of the Damned · as Screenplay |
| 1935 | Alias Bulldog Drummond · as Screenplay |
| 1934 | Chu Chin Chow · as Screenplay |
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| 1932 | Rome Express · as Screenplay |
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| 1972 | Get Charlie Tully · as Executive Producer |
| 1972 | Endless Night · as Executive Producer |
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| 1957 | Big Time Operators · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
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| 1952 | The Moment of Truth · as Associate Producer |
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| 1936 | The Man Who Lived Again · as Associate Producer |
| 1936 | Where There's a Will · as Associate Producer |
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| 1943 | Millions Like UsOn Plex |
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| 1995 | Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood · as Self |
| 1993 | Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One · as Self - Interviewee |
| 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 | At the Theater Tonight · as Play |
| 1959 | Left Right and Centre · as Original Story |
| 1956 | The Green Man · as Theatre Play |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Play |
| 1941 | Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light · as Story |
| 1941 | You're Telling Me! · as Story |
| 1940 | Crook's Tour · as Characters |
| 1939 | Jamaica Inn · as DialogueOn Plex |
| 1939 | Ask a Policeman · as Story |
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford · as Story |
| 1936 | Where There's a Will · as Story |
| 1933 | Falling for You · as Story |
| 1933 | Friday the Thirteenth · as Story |
| 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 |