Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Gordon Anderson (April 17, 1923 - August 30, 1994), English film and documentary director. Born in Bangalore, India, the son of a British Army officer. Educated at Cheltenham College and Oxford.

Career

Anderson's earliest films were non-fiction documentary shorts; his film Thursday's Child won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 1954. He was part of the British Free cinema movement during the 1950s along with Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson. Anderson is best remembered internationally for his "Mick Travis" trilogy of feature films, all of which star Malcolm McDowell as Travis: If...., O Lucky Man! and Britannia Hospital.

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Oscar - 1954 - Free cinema movement - 1950s - Karel Reisz - Tony Richardson - Malcolm McDowell - If.... - O Lucky Man! - Britannia Hospital

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An important British theatre director, he was long associated with the Royal Court Theatre, directing premier productions of plays by David Storey, among others.

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Royal Court Theatre - David Storey

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Anderson was also a prominent film critic, associated with Sequence magazine (1947-52) and later Sight and Sound. Anderson developed an acquaintance with John Ford, which led to him writing one of the standard books on that director.

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Sight and Sound - John Ford

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