Frank Launder
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-01-28 (91 years old)
Deathday
1997-02-23
Place of Birth
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also known As
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Frank Launder
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Launder (28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of them in collaboration with Sidney Gilliat. He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and worked briefly as a clerk before becoming an actor and then a playwright. He began working as a screenwriter on British films in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic Will Hay comedy Oh, Mr Porter! (1937). After writing a number of screenplays with Gilliat, including The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and Night Train to Munich for Carol Reed; ...
Production
1938
as Screenplay
1935
as Scenario Writer
1960
as Writer
1960
as Director
1955
as Producer
1954
as Screenplay
1954
as Producer
1954
as Director
1944
as Director
1946
as Director
1946
as Screenplay
1946
as Story
1940
as Screenplay
1966
1966
as Director
1955
as Director
1937
as Original Story
1957
as Director
1959
as Director
1943
as Director
1936
as Writer
1950
as Director
1950
as Producer
1950
as Screenplay
1940
as Characters
1941
as Screenplay
1952
as Director
1947
as Director
1936
as Script
1929
as Scenario Writer
1929
as Dialogue
1939
as Writer
1949
as Producer
1949
as Screenplay
1949
as Director
1965
as Director
1947
as Writer
1948
as Producer
1955
as Producer
1957
as Screenplay
1964
as Writer
1936
as Writer
1959
as Producer
1932
as Writer
1934
as Writer
1935
as Writer
1951
as Writer
1951
as Director
1930
as Writer
1972
as Executive Producer
1972
as Executive Producer
1933
as Writer
1939
as Writer
1957
as Producer
1930
as Script
1931
as Scenario Writer
1931
as Script
1932
as Screenplay
1933
as Writer
1980
as Director
1935
as Writer
1942
as Screenplay
1959
as Screenplay
1956
as Theatre Play
1956
as Producer
1935
as Writer
1931
as Screenplay
1930
as Writer
1930
as Writer
1931
as Writer
1931
as Writer
1932
as Writer
1932
as Scenario Writer
1932
as Writer
1955
as Screenplay
1936
as Writer
1941
as Writer
1935
as Dialogue
1935
as Screenplay
1952
as Producer
1945
as Screenplay
1945
as Producer
1950
as Producer
1944
as Screenplay
1956
as Screenplay
1935
as Script
1942
as Director
1943
as Screenplay
1944
as Screenplay
1960
as Producer
1957
as Writer
1957
as Producer
1952
as Screenplay
1965
as Screenplay
1946
as Producer
1947
as Producer
1933
as Writer
1942
as Writer
1946
as Producer
1943
as Writer
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