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This is a list of film directors and television directors who were born in the United Kingdom, or lived and/or worked in the UK for a significant part of their career. Some Irish, American and European directors who have spent large portions of their career working in the UK are included on this list.
Mendes is the first British director and the sixth director overall, to win an Academy Award for Best Director for a debut film. 2000 Stephen Daldry: Billy Elliot: Nominated Ridley Scott Gladiator: Nominated 2001 Black Hawk Down: Nominated 2002 Stephen Daldry The Hours: Nominated 2004 Mike Leigh Vera Drake: Nominated 2006 Stephen Frears The ...
Following the Cinematograph Film Production (Special Loans) Act 1949, the National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC) was established as a British film funding agency. The Eady Levy, named after Sir Wilfred Eady was a tax on box office receipts in the United Kingdom in order to support the British Film industry. It was established in 1950 coming ...
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The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film: Richard Lester: Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan: Comedy: Short film Sands of the Desert: John Paddy Carstairs: Charlie Drake, Peter Arne: Comedy: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: Karel Reisz: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts: Drama: Number 14 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films ...
Richard Lester: A guide to references and resources (A Reference publication in film). G. K. Hall. ISBN 978-0816181858. Sinyard, Neil (1985). The Films of Richard Lester. Croom Helm. ISBN 978-0709933472. Yule, Andrew (April 1995). Richard Lester and the Beatles: A Complete Biography of the Man Who Directed a Hard Day's Night and Help!. Donald I ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1955: Abdulla the Great: Gregory Ratoff: Gregory Ratoff, Kay Kendall, Sydney Chaplin: Comedy: Above Us the Waves: Ralph Thomas: John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden
Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on the 1913 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name, and adapted by him for the screen.It stars Leslie Howard as Professor Henry Higgins and Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle.