Chariots of Fire
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Film director. Years active. 1948–1993. Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) [1] was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave.
Lindsay Anderson was a British filmmaker who directed If...., Chariots of Fire and Britannia Hospital. He was also a classical scholar, a theatre director and a writer of books and articles on cinema.
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- Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
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- Saint-Saud-Lacoussière, Dordogne, France
Apr 13, 2024 · Lindsay Anderson, British critic and film and stage director who was a member of the Free Cinema and Angry Young Men movements. His first feature-length motion picture, This Sporting Life, is a classic of the British social realist cinema of the 1960s. Learn more about Anderson’s life and career.
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Aug 30, 2022 · Learn about the British New Wave pioneer and his culturally important works such as If... and The White Bus. This guide introduces his six essential films, from kitchen sink realism to surreal satire.
Lindsay Anderson was a British film director, critic and editor, known for his works such as This Sporting Life, If.... and Britannia Hospital. He was a friend and collaborator of playwright David Storey, and a fan of Luis Buñuel and Yasujirô Ozu.
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Dec 19, 2018 · In the late ’50s and early ’60s, director Lindsay Anderson was at the heart of the British New Wave, a period defined by films based largely on the novels and plays of working-class writers like Alan Sillitoe, Shelagh Delaney and John Osborne exploring the disillusionment and marginalisation of working-class youth.
