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Lance Comfort (11 August 1908 – 25 August 1966) was an English film director. In a career spanning over 25 years, he became one of the most prolific film directors in Britain, though he never gained critical attention and remained on the fringes of the film industry, creating mostly B movies .
- Film director, producer
- 11 August 1908, London, England
Lance Comfort. Director. Producer. Sound Department. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Director Lance Comfort began his film career as a camera operator. He. also worked as a sound recordist and animator, mostly in British. documentaries and medical training films.
- Director, Producer, Sound Department
- August 11, 1908
- Lance Comfort
- August 25, 1966
Lance Comfort (August 11, 1908 – August 25, 1966) was an English film director and producer born in Harrow, London. With a career spanning over 25 years he became one of the most prolific film directors in Britain though never gained critical attention and remained on the fringes of the film industry creating mostly B movies.
Over a twenty-five year period Lance Comfort was one of the most prolific directors working in Britain, but despite the initial impression of a successful career, he received scant critical attention during his lifetime and worked mostly at the margins of the industry.
Lowest Rated: 88% Squadron Leader X (1943) Birthday: Aug 11, 1908. Birthplace: Harrow, London, England, UK. British-born Lance Comfort led an amazing career as a film director. Comfort...
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Lance Comfort was somewhere between 18 and 20 years old when he started his film career as director and animator of British medical training shorts. Comfort's first feature was The Courageous Mr. Penn (1941), an ambitious biopic marred by amateurish miniature work and a stilted script.
Lance Comfort destroyed his papers shortly before his death, and this and the fact that Comfort has received such little critical attention clearly left McFarlane with some serious gaps, despite the full co-operation of Comfort’s son. Sinyard, however, had full access to Clayton’s papers and is thus able to offer a more detailed study.
