Sidney Gilliat

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-02-15 (86 years old)

Deathday

1994-05-31

Place of Birth

Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK

Sidney Gilliat

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. He was born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and its sequel Night Train to Munich (1940), directed by Carol Reed. He and Launder made their directorial debut co-directing the home front drama Millions Like Us (1943). From 1945 he also worked as a producer, starting with The Rake's Progress, which he also wrote and directed. He and Launder made over 40 films together,...

Production

1938

The Lady Vanishes

as Screenplay

1955

Geordie

as Producer

1972

Endless Night

as Director

1940

1946

Green for Danger

as Screenplay

1946

Green for Danger

as Director

1939

1945

Waterloo Road

as Director

1943

Millions Like Us

as Director

1962

1936

Seven Sinners

as Writer

1940

Crook's Tour

as Characters

1948

1957

1945

1940

They Came by Night

as Screenplay

1949

The Blue Lagoon

as Producer

1948

1948

1957

Fortune Is a Woman

as Screenplay

1959

1936

1959

1959

Left Right and Centre

as Original Story

1959

1938

The Gaunt Stranger

as Screenplay

1938

1939

Jamaica Inn

as Dialogue

1939

Jamaica Inn

as Screenplay

1938

1972

Ooh...You Are Awful

as Executive Producer

1972

Endless Night

as Screenplay

1972

Endless Night

as Executive Producer

1933

1957

1935

Bulldog Jack

as Screenplay

1941

Kipps

as Screenplay

1942

The Young Mr. Pitt

as Screenplay

1956

The Green Man

as Theatre Play

1956

The Green Man

as Producer

1937

Take My Tip

as Screenplay

1940

Girl in the News

as Screenplay

1932

Lord Babs

as Writer

1931

1931

The Ringer

as Additional Dialogue

1955

Geordie

as Screenplay

1945

Waterloo Road

as Writer

1952

Folly to Be Wise

as Producer

1945

1945

The Rake's Progress

as Screenplay

1934

Chu Chin Chow

as Screenplay

1956

The Green Man

as Screenplay

1942

1955

1955

1955

1950

State Secret

as Director

1950

State Secret

as Producer

1943

Millions Like Us

as Screenplay

1950

State Secret

as Screenplay

1946

1947

Captain Boycott

as Producer

1982

The Boys in Blue

as Original Story

1932

Rome Express

as Screenplay

1942

1946

Green for Danger

as Producer

1931

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