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Anthony Asquith

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Anthony Asquith

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Nov 9, 1902 (123 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England

Biography

Anthony Asquith (9 November 1902 –20 February 1968) was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy (1948) and The Browning Version (1951), among other adaptations. His other notable films include Pygmalion (1938), French Without Tears (1940), The Way to the Stars (1945), and a 1952 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

Known For

Acting
1960Insight: Anthony Asquith
1957Bernard ShawSelf
1929A Cottage on DartmoorBespectacled Man in Cinema (uncredited)
Directing
1964The Yellow Rolls-RoyceDirector
1963The V.I.P.sDirector
1963An Evening With The Royal BalletDirector
1962Guns of DarknessDirector
1961Two Living, One DeadDirector
1960The MillionairessDirector
1959LibelDirector
1959The Doctor's DilemmaDirector
1958Orders to KillDirector
1956On Such a NightDirector
1954Carrington V.C.Director
1954The Young LoversDirector
1953The Final TestDirector
1953The NetDirector
1952The Importance of Being EarnestDirector
1951The Browning VersionDirector
1950The Woman in QuestionDirector
1948The Winslow BoyDirector
1947While the Sun ShinesDirector
1945The Way to the StarsDirector
1944Fanny by GaslightDirector
1944Two FathersDirector
1943We Dive at DawnDirector
1943The Demi-ParadiseDirector
1943A Welcome to BritainDirector
1942UncensoredDirector
1941Cottage to LetDirector
1941Quiet WeddingDirector
1941Freedom RadioDirector
1941Rush HourDirector
1940French Without TearsDirector
1940Channel IncidentDirector
1938PygmalionDirector
1936The Story of Papworth, the Village of HopeDirector
1935Brown on ResolutionAssistant Director
1934Moscow NightsDirector
1934Unfinished SymphonyDirector
1933The Lucky NumberDirector
1933Youth Shall Be ServedDirector
1931Tell EnglandDirector
1931Dance Pretty LadyDirector
1929A Cottage on DartmoorDirector
1929The Runaway PrincessDirector
1928UndergroundDirector
1928Shooting StarsDirector
Writing
1961Two Living, One DeadWriter
1952The Importance of Being EarnestScreenplay
1944Two FathersWriter
1933The Lucky NumberWriter
1933Letting in the SunshineStory
1932Marry MeWriter
1931Tell EnglandWriter
1931Dance Pretty LadyWriter
1929A Cottage on DartmoorWriter
1928UndergroundScreenplay
1928Shooting StarsWriter
1927BoadiceaWriter