Biography
Frank Sydney Box (29 April 1907 β 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
Writer 26
Producer 25
Director 1
Screenplay 1
Executive Producer
Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
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Producer
Subway in the Sky (1959)
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Executive Producer
The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959)
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Producer
Floods of Fear (1958)
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Producer
Eyewitness (1956)
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Executive Producer
The Prisoner (1955)
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6
Producer
To Dorothy, a Son (1954)
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Producer
So Long at the Fair (1950)
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Producer
Once Upon a Dream (1949)
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Production Manager
My Brother's Keeper (1948)
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6
Writer
Daybreak (1948)
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6
Producer
Broken Journey (1948)
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Writer
Easy Money (1948)
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Producer
Jassy (1947)
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Writer
Holiday Camp (1947)
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Producer
The Upturned Glass (1947)
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Writer
The Brothers (1947)
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Producer
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2 (1945)
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Executive Producer
On Approval (1944)
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Producer
Out of Chaos (1944)
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Producer
The Flemish Farm (1943)
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Producer
We Serve (1942)
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Producer
Men of Tomorrow (1942)
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Producer
W.V.S. (1941)
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Producer
O.H.M.S. (1937)
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Screenplay
Let's Ask the Ladies (1936)
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Writer
Alibi Inn (1935)
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Information
Known ForProduction
GenderMale
Birthday1907-04-29
Deathday1983-05-25 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceBeckenham, Kent, England, UK
RelationshipsMuriel Box (1935-01-01 - 1969-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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