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Edgar Anstey (1907–1987)

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Documentary producer Edgar Anstey was one of the pioneers of the British documentary movement. His mentor was famed documentarian John Grierson at the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit, for whom he made Uncharted Waters and Granton Trawler, among others. He later worked as a film critic for The Spectator... See full bio »

Born:

Harold MacFarlane Anstley
in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Died:

(age 80) in London, England, UK
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1979 Electric Eskimo (co-producer)
 
1975 Age of Invention (short) (producer)
 
1974 A Pretty Fair Week (documentary short) (producer)
 
1974 A Queen's Day (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1974 Midland Country (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1974 Points and Aspects (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1974 To Syon Park (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1973 The Scene from Melbury House (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1973 Over the Sea and Fast Away (documentary short) (producer)
 
1973 The Bentonite Tunnelling Machine (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1972/II Journey (documentary short) (producer)
 
1970 London on the Move (documentary short) (producer)
 
1970 Rush Hour (short) (producer)
 
1970 Southampton Into the Seventies (short) (executive producer)
 
1970 The Site in the Sea (documentary short) (producer)
 
1969 London's Victoria Line (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1968 Rail Report 8: The New Tradition (short) (producer)
 
1968 Travelling Sixties (documentary short) (producer)
 
1967 Give Your Car a Holiday (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1967 Rail (documentary short) (producer)
 
1967 Second Nature (short) (producer)
 
1966 Forward to First Principles (short) (producer)
 
1966 Glasgow Belongs to Me (short) (producer)
 
1966 The Driving Force (documentary short) (producer)
 
1966 The Great Highway (documentary short) (executive producer, producer)
 
1966 Where Do They Play? (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1965 Europe by Train (documentary short) (producer)
 
1965 Joe Brown at Clapham (documentary short) (producer)
 
1965 The Hostellers (documentary short) (producer)
 
1965 Timber Move (documentary short) (producer)
 
1965 Wild Wings (short) (producer)
 
1964 Down to Sussex (documentary short) (producer)
 
1964 One for One (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1964 We're in Business Too (documentary short) (producer)
 
1963 A Hundred Years Undergound (documentary) (producer)
 
1963 Reshaping British Railways (short) (producer)
 
1963 Snow (short) (producer)
 
1963 The Port of Hull (documentary short) (producer)
 
1963 Thirty Million Letters (documentary short) (producer)
 
1962 ...All That Mighty Heart... (documentary short) (producer)
 
1961 Terminus (documentary short) (producer)
 
1960 Blue Pullman (documentary short) (producer)
 
1960 Off the Beaten Track (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1959 An Artist Looks at Churches (short) (producer)
 
1959 Between the Tides (short) (executive producer)
 
1959 Groundwork for Progress (short) (executive producer)
 
1959 I Am a Litter Basket (short) (executive producer)
 
1959 The Coasts of Clyde (short) (executive producer)
 
1959 Under the River (documentary short) (producer)
 
1958 A Desperate Case (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1958 Journey Into Spring (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1958 Scotland for Sport (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1958 Under Night Streets (documentary short) (producer)
 
1957 A Future on the Rail (short) (executive producer)
 
1957 Every Valley (short) (producer)
 
1957 Fully Fitted Freight (short) (executive producer)
 
1957 Holiday (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1957 Lancashire Coast (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1957 Overhaul (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1957 The England of Elizabeth (short) (executive producer)
 
1956 A Day of One's Own (short) (producer)
 
1956 Linkspan (short) (executive producer)
 
1956 Men on the Mend (documentary short) (producer)
 
1956 The Long Night Haul (documentary short) (producer)
 
1955 Capital Visit (short) (executive producer)
 
1955 Cine Gazette No. 14: Do You Remember? (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1955 Snowdrift at Bleath Gill (documentary short) (producer)
 
1955 Yorkshire Sands (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1954 East Anglian Holiday (short) (producer)
 
1954 Elizabethan Express (documentary short) (producer)
 
1954 The Lake District (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1953 The Elephant Will Never Forget (documentary short) (producer)
 
1953 This Is York (documentary short) (producer)
 
1952 Dodging the Column (documentary short) (producer)
 
1952 Ocean Terminal (documentary short) (producer)
 
1952 The Heart Is Highland (short) (producer)
 
1952 Train Time (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1951 Journey Into History (short) (producer)
 
1951 This Year-London (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1951 Work in Progress (short) (producer)
 
1950 Berth 24 (documentary short) (producer)
 
1947 Caller Herrin' (documentary short) (producer)
 
1944 Crofters (short) (associate producer)
 
1944 The Great Circle (documentary short) (producer)
 
1943 Debris Tunnelling (documentary short) (producer)
 
1943 Words and Actions (short) (producer)
 
1942 Dustbin Parade (short) (associate producer)
 
1942 Making a Compost Heap (documentary short) (associate producer)
 
1942 Model Procedure for Water Relaying (documentary short) (producer)
 
1942 Naval Operations (documentary short) (producer)
 
1942 NFS Mobilising Procedure (documentary short) (producer)
 
1941 Cultivation (documentary short) (associate producer)
 
1941 Défense contre avions (documentary short) (producer)
 
1941 Dig for Victory (short) (associate producer)
 
1941 How to File (documentary short) (producer)
 
1940 What's for Dinner (documentary short) (producer)
 
1935 Housing Problems (documentary short) (producer - as E.H. Anstey)
 
1934 Airport (documentary short) (producer)
 
1934 Granton Trawler (documentary short) (co-producer - uncredited)
 
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1936 Enough to Eat? (documentary short)
 
1936 On the Way to Work (documentary short)
 
1935 Dinner Hour (documentary short)
 
1935 Housing Problems (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1935 How Gas is Made (documentary short)
 
1934 6.30 Collection (documentary short) (as E.H. Anstey)
 
1934 Granton Trawler (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1934 Men Behind the Meters (documentary short)
 
1933 Uncharted Waters (documentary short)
 
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1934 Granton Trawler (documentary short) (as E.H. Anstey)
 
1933 Industrial Britain (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
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1970 Railways for Ever! (short) (in charge of production)
 
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1963 Reshaping British Railways (short) (writer)
 
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1953 West Country Journey (short) (executive in charge of production)
 
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1977 Open Door (TV series)
Himself
– The Other Cinema: Which Parade's Gone By... (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Before Hindsight (documentary)
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1973 Grierson (documentary)
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2011 Britain Through a Lens - The Documentary Film Mob (TV documentary)
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