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Career: Civil servant, then actor, in Brighton; studio assistant, 1928; first collaboration with fellow writer Sidney Gilliat, 1935; with Gilliat, wrote radio serials Crooks Tour and Secret Mission 609 , 1939; co-directed first film, Millions like Us , 1943; formed Individual Pictures production company with Gilliat, 1944 (dissolved 1950).
Monte Carlo, Monaco. Occupation (s) Film director, producer, writer. Spouse (s) Bernadette O'Farrell (1950–1997; his death) 2 children. 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. [1] [2]
Sidney Gilliat. Highest Rated: 98% The Lady Vanishes (1938) Lowest Rated: 52% Jamaica Inn (1939) Birthday: Feb 15, 1908. Birthplace: Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. Began his career ...
May 31, 1994 · 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 ...
Nov 21, 2023 · Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. He was the son of George Gilliat, editor of the Evening Standard, born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire.
May 31, 1994 · Began his career writing intertitles for silent films, graduating to screenplays in the 1930s before eventually turning to directing. Working often with Frank Launder, Gilliat made a series of outstanding British comedies and suspense pictures from the mid-30s into the 1960s; among the team's screenwriting credits are "The Lady Vanishes" (1938 ...
Writer: The Blue Lagoon. Frank Launder, initially a civil servant and repertory actor, started as a scriptwriter in the late 1920s on such classics as The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Night Train to Munich (1940). He joined forces with Sidney Gilliat and together they wrote, directed and produced over 40 films. Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat are ...
