Lindsay Anderson

ActorWriterDirectorProducerEditor Apr 17 (died age 71) Bangalore, India 1948–2026 (78 year career)

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Biography

Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was an English director and film critic, best known for his association with the Free Cinema movement and the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for his 1968 film if...., which won the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lindsay Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Chariots of Fire

Master of Caius

Film

if....

Director

Film

This Sporting Life

Director

Film

O Lucky Man!

Director

Film

The Whales of August

Director

Film

Britannia Hospital

Director

Film

Blame It on the Bellboy

Mr. Marshall (voice)

Film

O Dreamland

Director

Filmography

Acting (32)

Movies (28)

Wham! 10 Days in China

2026

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

2006

as Self (archive footage) (voice)

Words in Progress

Lucky Man

as Himself

D.W. Griffith: Father of Film

as Narrator

Talking with Ozu

as Self

Omnibus: John Ford, Part One

1992

as Presenter

John Ford

1992

as presenter

6.0

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992

as Mr. Marshall (voice)

5.3

Is That All There Is?

as Self

Prisoner of Honor

as War Minister

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

as Narrator

Chariots of Fire

as Master of Caius

O Lucky Man!

as Director

O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment

1973

as Himself

Hetty King: Performer

1970

as Narrator

7.0

Inadmissible Evidence

1968

as Barrister

6.0

About "The White Bus"

1968

as Self

8.0

Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite

1968

as Narrator (voice)

6.5

Martyrs of Love

1967

as Man in traffic police booth (uncredited)

The Threatening Sky

as Narrator (UK)

Foot and Mouth

as Narrator (voice)

Trunk Conveyor

as Narrator

The Pleasure Garden

as Michael-Angelico

Three Installations

as Narrator

Idlers That Work

as Narrator

Meet the Pioneers

1948

as Narrator (voice)

5.0

The Last Day

as Narrator

Television (4)

American Cinema

1994

as Self

8.0

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

1993

as Self

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

1987

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.6

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Holz

5.2

Crew (45)

Movies (43)

Omnibus: John Ford, Part One

1992

Writer

John Ford

1992

Writer

6.0

Is That All There Is?

1992

Director

8.0

Is That All There Is?

Writer

Glory! Glory!

Director

The Whales of August

Director

Wham! in China: Foreign Skies

1986

Director

10.0

Free Cinema, 1956 - ? An Essay on Film by Lindsay Anderson

1985

Director

Britannia Hospital

Director

Look Back in Anger

Director

The Old Crowd

Director

In Celebration

Director

O Lucky Man!

Director

O Lucky Man!

Producer

Home

Director

if....

Director

if....

Producer

Red, White, and Zero

Director

The Singing Lesson

Director

The White Bus

Director

The White Bus

Producer

This Sporting Life

Director

March to Aldermaston

Director

Every Day Except Christmas

1957

Director

6.6

Every Day Except Christmas

Writer

Together

Supervising Editor

Henry

Director

Henry

Screenplay

Foot and Mouth

Director

Foot and Mouth

Writer

Green and Pleasant Land

1955

Director

£20 per ton

1955

Director

Thursday's Children

Director

Thursday's Children

Writer

Trunk Conveyor

Director

The Pleasure Garden

Production Manager

O Dreamland

Director

O Dreamland

Writer

Wakefield Express

Director

Wakefield Express

Writer

Three Installations

Director

Idlers That Work

Director

Meet the Pioneers

1948

Director

5.0

Television (2)

Play for Today

1970

Director

6.6

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

Director

6.4