Biography
Arthur Bickerstaffe Woods (17 August 1904 β 8 February 1944) was an English film director with 27 credits between 1933 and 1940. Woods' films were mainly quota quickies but were diverse in style, from light comedy and musicals to dark crime thrillers. His most acclaimed film is 1938's They Drive by Night. By the end of the 1930s Woods was gaining a reputation as one of Britain's most promising and versatile young directors, but put his career on hold to volunteer for war service in the Royal Air Force, the only British film director to do so. He was killed while on active service in February 1944, leaving his potential largely unfulfilled.
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Filmography
all 26
Movies 26
Director 17
Writer 6
Director
Busman's Honeymoon (1940)
Movie
Director
Confidential Lady (1939)
Movie
Director
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)
Movie
Director
Q Planes (1939)
Movie
Director
They Drive by Night (1938)
Movie
Director
You Live and Learn (1937)
Movie
Director
Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
Movie
Director
Rhythm in the Air (1936)
Movie
Director
Once in a Million (1936)
Movie
Director
Where's Sally? (1936)
Movie
Director
Music Hath Charms (1936)
Movie
Director
Drake of England (1935)
Movie
Director
Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
Movie
Writer
I Spy (1934)
Movie
Director
Give Her a Ring (1934)
Movie
Writer
A Southern Maid (1934)
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Director
On Secret Service (1933)
Movie
Writer
Happy (1933)
Movie
Writer
Red Wagon (1933)
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Writer
Timbuctoo (1933)
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Writer
The Pride of the Force (1933)
Movie
Assistant Director
Dual Control (1932)
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Art Direction
Tell England (1931)
Movie
Assistant Director
Raise the Roof (1930)
Movie
Art Direction
A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
Movie
Lieutenant Hawkins
The Lost Patrol (1929)
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.04
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1940
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1904-08-17
Deathday1944-02-08 (39 years old)
Birth PlaceLiverpool, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
AwardsAir Force Cross
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