Biography
Adrian Brunel (4 September 1892 – 18 February 1958) was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s. His surviving work from the 1920s, both full-length feature films and shorts, is highly regarded by silent film historians for its distinctive innovation, sophistication and wit. With the arrival of talkies, Brunel's career ground to a halt and he was absent from the screen for several years before returning in the mid-1930s with a flurry of quota quickie productions, the majority of which are now classed as lost. Brunel's last credit as director was in a 1940 comedy film, although he worked for a few years more as a "fixer-up" for films directed or produced by friends in the industry.After decades of neglect, Brunel's work has latterly been rediscovered and has undergone a critical re-evaluation. His lost films are eagerly sought, and the British Film Institute includes two, The Crooked Billet (1929) and Badger's Green (1934), on its "75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films.
Filmography
all 39
Movies 39
Director 24
Writer 7
The First of the Few (1942)
Yellow Caesar (1941)
The Girl Who Forgot (1940)
Salvage with a Smile (1940)
Food for Thought (1940)
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
The Rebel Son (1938)
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)
Prison Breaker (1936)
The Invader (1936)
Variety (1935)
Cross Currents (1935)
City of Beautiful Nonsense (1935)
When London Sleeps (1934)
Follow the Lady (1933)
Dassan: An Adventure in Search of Laughter Featuring Nature's Greatest Little Comedians (1930)
The Crooked Billet (1930)
Elstree Calling (1930)
Tembi (1929)
Bolibar (1928)
The Vortex (1928)
The Constant Nymph (1928)
A Light Woman (1928)
Land of Hope and Glory (1927)
Blighty (1927)
Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery (1925)
Cut It Out (1925)
The Blackguard (1925)
Bonzo in the Army (1925)
Polar Bonzo (1925)
Typical Budget (1925)
So This Is Jollygood (1925)
Crossing the Great Sagrada (1924)
Sheer Trickery (1924)
The Man Without Desire (1923)
Yes We Have No — ! (1923)
The Bump (1920)
Bookworms (1920)
The Face at the Window (1920)
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GenderMale
Birthday1892-09-04
Deathday1958-02-18 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceBrighton, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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