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Edgar Anstey

Known for: Production

Biography: 1907-02-16

Deathday: 1987-09-26 (80 years old)

Biography

Edgar Anstey (16 February 1907 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England – 26 September 1987 in London, England), was a leading British documentary filmmaker.

Anstey was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys and Birkbeck College. He spent a few years as a civil servant before starting in 1930 at The Empire Marketing Board's film unit, under the direction of John Grierson. In 1949, he joined the British Transport Films unit, which he headed until 1974. He was nominated for the Short Subject (Live Action) Academy Award in 1965 for the documentary film Snow. He directed Housing Problems in 1935.

Filmography

all 96

Movies 96

Producer 84

self 5

Director 4

Edgar Anstey

Biography

Filmography

all 96

Movies 96

Producer 84

self 5

Director 4

Writer 2

Britain Through a Lens - The Documentary Film Mob (2011)

Hooray For Holyrood (1986)

Open Door: The Other Cinema (1977)

Before Hindsight (1977)

Age of Invention (1975)

Grierson (1973)

Britannia: A Bridge (1973)

The Scene from Melbury House (1973)

Journey Inter-City (1972)

A Day with SELNEC (1972)

Golfers in a Scottish Landscape (1971)

Having a Fresh Look (1971)

London on the Move (1970)

Rail Report 11: Rails Conserve the Environment (1970)

Railways for Ever! (1970)

The Site in the Sea (1970)

People in Railways (1970)

Rail Report 9: Top Levels of Transport (1969)

British Rails Are Long and Fast (1969)

A Tale Out of School (1969)

Rail Report 8: The New Tradition (1968)

Travelling Sixties (1968)

Second Nature (1967)

Rail Report 7: Speed the Payload (1967)

Rail (1967)

Forward to First Principles (1966)

The Great Highway (1966)

The Hostellers (1965)

Rail Report 5 (1965)

Wild Wings (1965)

Southampton Docks (1964)

Down to Sussex (1964)

We're in Business Too! (1964)

Driving Technique: Passenger Trains (1964)

A Hundred Years Underground (1963)

Reshaping British Railways (1963)

Thirty Million Letters (1963)

Snow (1963)

...All That Mighty Heart... (1962)

The Signal Engineers (1962)

Terminus (1961)

Wild Highlands (1961)

Experiment Under London (1961)

They Take the High Road (1960)

Blue Pullman (1960)

A Letter for Wales (1960)

An Artist Looks at Churches (1959)

Diesel Trainride (1959)

The Coasts of Clyde (1959)

Care of St Christopher’s (1959)

Under Night Streets (1958)

Between the Tides (1958)

A Desperate Case (1958)

Giant Load (1958)

Coaching Holiday (1958)

Journey Into Spring (1958)

A Future on Rail (1957)

Lancashire Coast (1957)

Holiday (1957)

Every Valley (1957)

The England of Elizabeth (1957)

Link Span (1956)

The Long Night Haul (1956)

A Day of One's Own (1956)

Any Man's Kingdom (1956)

Snowdrift at Bleath Gill (1955)

Yorkshire Sands (1955)

Capital Visit (1955)

Elizabethan Express (1954)

The Heart of England (1954)

The Elephant Will Never Forget (1953)

Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1907-02-16

Deathday
1987-09-26 (80 years old)

Birth Place
Watford, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film