John Grierson

John Grierson (April 26, 1898 - February 19 1972) is often considered the father of modern documentary film.

Filmography

Filmography as director:

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• Drifters (1929; first screened at the British premiere of Battleship Potemkin)
• Granton Trawler (1934)

Filmography as producer/creative contributor:

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• O'er Hll and Dale (dir. Basis Wright 1932)
• Cargo from Jamaica (dir. Basil Wright 1933)
• Industrial Britain (dir. Robert Flaherty 1933)
• Cable Ship (dir. (Alexander Shaw and Stuart Legg 1933)
• Coming of the Dial (dir. Stuart Legg 1933)
• Liner Cruising South (dir. Basil Wright 1933)
• Man of Aran (dir. Robert Flaherty 1934)
• New Operator (dir. Stuart Legg 1934)
• ' (dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1934)
• Post Haste (dir. Humphrey Jennings 1934)
• Spring Comes to England dir. Donald Taylor 1934)
• Six-thirty Collection (dir. Harry Watt and Edgar Anstey 1934)
• Song of Ceylon (dir. Basil Wright 1934)
• ' (dir. Stuart Legg 1935)
• A Colour Box (dir. Len Lye 1935)
• Housing Problems (dir. Edgar Anstey, Arthur Elton 1935)
• Introducing the Dial (dir. Stuart Legg 1935)
• Coal Face (dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1935)
• B.B.C. Droitwich (dir. Harry Watt 1935)
• Night Mail ( dir. (Basil Wright, and Harry Watt 1936)
• Saving of Bill Blewitt (dir. Basil Wright 1936)
• Line To The Tschierva Hut (dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1937)
• Children At School (dir. Basil Wright 1937)
• We Live In Two Worlds (dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1937)
• Daily Round (dir. Richard Massingham, Karl Urbahn 1937)
• Trade Tattoo (dir. Len Lye 1937)
• The Face of Scotland (dir. Basil Wright 1938)
• The Londoners (dir. John Taylor 1939)
• Judgement Deferred (dir. John Baxter 1951)
• Brandy for the Parson (dir. John Eldridge 1952)
• The Brave Don't Cry (dir. Philip Leacock 1952)
• Miss Robin Hood (dir. John Guillermin 1952)
• Time Gentlemen Please! (dir. Lewis Gilbert 1952)
• You're Only Young Twice (dir. Terry Bishop 1952)
• Man of Africa (dir. Cyril Frankel 1953)
• Background (dir. Daniel Birt 1953)
• Laxdale Hall (dir. John Eldridge 1953)
• The Oracle (dir. C.M. Pennington-Richards 1953)
• Child's Play (dir. Margaret Thomson 1954)
• Devil on Horseback (dir. Cyril Frankel 1954)
• Seawards the Great Ships (dir. Hilary Harris 1960)
• The Heart of Scotland (dir. Laurence Henson 1961)
• The Creative Process (dir. Donald McWilliams 1961)