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.
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Filmography
all 52
Movies 52
Writer 25
Producer 24
Director 1
Screenplay 1
Executive Producer
Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
Movie
Writer
A King's Story (1965)
Movie
Producer
Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)
Movie
Writer
Too Young to Love (1960)
Movie
Producer
Subway in the Sky (1959)
Movie
Executive Producer
The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959)
Movie
Producer
The Treasure of San Teresa (1959)
Movie
Producer
Floods of Fear (1958)
Movie
Writer
The Truth About Women (1957)
Movie
Writer
The Passionate Stranger (1957)
Movie
Producer
Eyewitness (1956)
Movie
Executive Producer
The Prisoner (1955)
Movie
6
Producer
To Dorothy, a Son (1954)
Movie
Writer
The Beachcomber (1954)
Movie
Writer
Forbidden Cargo (1954)
Movie
Writer
Street Corner (1953)
Movie
Writer
The Happy Family (1952)
Movie
Producer
So Long at the Fair (1950)
Movie
Writer
Christopher Columbus (1949)
Movie
Producer
Once Upon a Dream (1949)
Movie
Writer
Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
Movie
Writer
Portrait from Life (1948)
Movie
Writer
The Blind Goddess (1948)
Movie
Production Manager
My Brother's Keeper (1948)
Movie
6
Writer
Daybreak (1948)
Movie
6
Writer
Good-Time Girl (1948)
Movie
1
Producer
Broken Journey (1948)
Movie
Writer
Easy Money (1948)
Movie
Writer
When The Bough Breaks (1947)
Movie
Producer
Jassy (1947)
Movie
Writer
Holiday Camp (1947)
Movie
Writer
Dear Murderer (1947)
Movie
Producer
The Upturned Glass (1947)
Movie
Writer
The Man Within (1947)
Movie
Writer
The Brothers (1947)
Movie
Writer
A Girl in a Million (1946)
Movie
Writer
The Years Between (1946)
Movie
Producer
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2 (1945)
Movie
Producer / Writer
The Seventh Veil (1945)
Movie
Writer
29 Acacia Avenue (1945)
Movie
Producer
Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
Movie
Executive Producer
On Approval (1944)
Movie
Producer
Out of Chaos (1944)
Movie
Producer
The Flemish Farm (1943)
Movie
Producer
We Serve (1942)
Movie
Producer
Men of Tomorrow (1942)
Movie
Director
Ten Tips for Tackling Tanks (1941)
Movie
Producer
Shunter Black's Night Off (1941)
Movie
Producer
O.H.M.S. (1937)
Movie
Screenplay
Let's Ask the Ladies (1936)
Movie
Writer
Sweet Success (1936)
Movie
Writer
Alibi Inn (1935)
Movie
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1945
1948
1947
1967
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Information
Known ForProduction
GenderMale
Birthday1907-04-29
Deathday1983-05-25 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceBeckenham, United Kingdom
RelationshipsMuriel Box (1935-01-01 - 1969-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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