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Sydney Box

Known for: Production

Biography: 1907-04-29

Deathday: 1983-05-25 (76 years old)

Biography

Frank Sydney Box (29 April 1907 – 25 May 1983) was a British film producer and screenwriter, and brother of British film producer Betty Box. In 1940, he founded the documentary film company Verity Films with Jay Lewis.

He produced and co-wrote the screenplay, with his then wife director Muriel Box, for The Seventh Veil (1945), which received the 1946 Oscar for best original screenplay.

Sydney and Muriel married in 1935, had a daughter Leonora the following year, and divorced in 1969.

Filmography

all 54

Movies 54

Producer 29

Writer 21

Director 1

Screenplay 1

Executive Producer

Sydney Box

Biography

Filmography

all 54

Movies 54

Producer 29

Writer 21

Director 1

Screenplay 1

Deadlier Than the Male (1967)

A King's Story (1965)

Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)

Too Young to Love (1960)

Subway in the Sky (1959)

The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959)

The Treasure of San Teresa (1959)

Floods of Fear (1958)

The Truth About Women (1957)

The Passionate Stranger (1957)

Eyewitness (1956)

The Prisoner (1955)

To Dorothy, a Son (1954)

The Beachcomber (1954)

Forbidden Cargo (1954)

Street Corner (1953)

The Happy Family (1952)

So Long at the Fair (1950)

Christopher Columbus (1949)

Once Upon a Dream (1949)

Here Come the Huggetts (1948)

Portrait from Life (1948)

The Blind Goddess (1948)

My Brother's Keeper (1948)

Daybreak (1948)

Good-Time Girl (1948)

Broken Journey (1948)

Easy Money (1948)

Jassy (1947)

Holiday Camp (1947)

Dear Murderer (1947)

The Upturned Glass (1947)

The Man Within (1947)

The Brothers (1947)

A Girl in a Million (1946)

The Years Between (1946)

Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2 (1945)

The Seventh Veil (1945)

29 Acacia Avenue (1945)

Don't Take It to Heart (1944)

On Approval (1944)

Out of Chaos (1944)

The Flemish Farm (1943)

Jig-Saw: Careless Talk Costs Lives (1943)

We Serve (1942)

Men of Tomorrow (1942)

Ten Tips for Tackling Tanks (1941)

Shunter Black's Night Off (1941)

Jane Brown Changes Her Job (1941)

W.V.S. (1941)

O.H.M.S. (1937)

Let's Ask the Ladies (1936)

Sweet Success (1936)

Alibi Inn (1935)

Information

Known ForProduction

GenderMale

Birthday1907-04-29

Deathday1983-05-25 (76 years old)

Birth PlaceBeckenham, United Kingdom

RelationshipsMuriel Box (1935 - 1969)

CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom

AwardsAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Credited with

Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1907-04-29

Deathday
1983-05-25 (76 years old)

Birth Place
Beckenham, United Kingdom

Relationships
Muriel Box (1935 - 1969)

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Awards
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay