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Edgar Anstey(1907-1987)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Production Manager
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The Elephant Will Never Forget (1953)
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 which he made Uncharted Waters (1933) and Granton Trawler (1934), among others. Anstey later worked as a film critic for The Spectator, and during the war he produced documentaries for the Department of Information. He worked for the BBC in the late 1940s. In 1949 he helped start British Transport Films, for which he produced several documentaries.

He died in London, England, at age 80, in 1987.
BornFebruary 16, 1907
DiedSeptember 26, 1987(80)
BornFebruary 16, 1907
DiedSeptember 26, 1987(80)
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  • Won 1 Oscar

Known for

Wild Wings (1965)
Wild Wings
6.7
Short
  • Producer
  • 1965
Snow (1963)
Snow
7.0
Short
  • Producer
  • 1963
Thirty Million Letters (1963)
Thirty Million Letters
6.8
Short
  • Producer
  • 1963
Electric Eskimo (1979)
Electric Eskimo
7.1
  • Producer
  • 1979

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Producer

  • Electric Eskimo (1979)
    Electric Eskimo
  • Age of Invention (1975)
    Age of Invention
  • Going Places Fast (1974)
    Going Places Fast
  • To Syon Park
  • Midland Country (1974)
    Midland Country
  • A Queen's Day
  • Points and Aspects (1974)
    Points and Aspects
  • A Pretty Fair Week
  • British Rail Is Travelling... (1969)
    What's Tops
  • Over the Sea and Fast Away
  • The Bentonite Tunnelling Machine
  • A Future on Rail (1957)
    Britannia: A Bridge
  • The Scene from Melbury House (1973)
    The Scene from Melbury House
    • (uncredited)
  • A Day with Selnec
  • The Key to Britain

Director

  • Dock Briefing
  • On the Way to Work
  • Enough to Eat?
  • Dinner Hour
  • How Gas is Made
  • Housing Problems (1935)
    Housing Problems
    • (uncredited)
  • Men Behind the Meters
  • 6.30 Collection (1934)
    6.30 Collection
    • (as E.H. Anstey)
  • A Colour Box (1935)
    Granton Trawler
    • (uncredited)
  • Uncharted Waters

Production Manager

  • Good Ship Versatility
  • Railways for Ever! (1970)
    Railways for Ever!
  • How They Dug the Victoria Line
  • Wild Highlands (1961)
    Wild Highlands
  • A Letter for Wales (1960)
    East Anglian Holiday
  • A Letter for Wales (1960)
    West Country Journey

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    • February 16, 1907
    • Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
    • September 26, 1987
    • London, England, UK

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