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Basil Wright

Born June 12, 1907 · Frieth, Buckinghamshire, England

Died October 14, 1987 · aged 80

Basil Wright - was a documentary filmmaker, film historian, film critic and teacher. During World War II, Wright worked only as a producer, first at John Grierson's Film Centre before joining The Crown Film Unit between 1945 and 1946 as producer-in-charge. Among the best known films he produced for Crown are Humphrey Jennings' A Diary for Timothy (1946) and A Defeated People (1946) and Instrument…

Known For

A Diary for TimothyA Diary for Timothy · 1945
A Diary for Timothy
6.81945
MovieDocumentary
A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.
Advance Democracy!Advance Democracy! · 1938
Advance Democracy!
1938
MovieDocumentaryHistory
A housewife galvanises her docker husband to take an interest in more important matters than the football pools.
Every DayEvery Day · 1929
Every Day
6.91929
Movie
Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences and repetition to emphasise the monotony of routine office work.
Men of AfricaMen of Africa · 1940
Men of Africa
1940
Movie
A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as representative examples of the Colonial Empire. A tribal dance hints at the "life of fear and uncertainty" replaced by British rule, a village's "squalor" the need for continued war on "ignorance, poverty and disease." "Much can be achieved by money and the initiative of the White Man:" film hints at hydro-electric schemes, modern harbours (Mombasa), roads, bridges etc and illustrates in more detail hospital expansion; tsetse fly research and control; relieving malnutrition; agricultural improvement; education (primary school; Makerere College)." - Abridged version of synopsis on colonialfilm.org
Rainbow DanceRainbow Dance · 1936
Rainbow Dance
6.31936
MovieMusicAnimation
Rainbow Dance is a 1936 British animated film released by the GPO Film Unit. This is Lye's second film. It uses the Gasparcolor process.
One Wish Too ManyOne Wish Too Many · 1956
One Wish Too Many
9.01956
MovieFamily
Peter and his friends find unexpected and exciting adventures when all their wishes are granted by a magic marble.
Coal FaceCoal Face · 1935
Coal Face
6.31935
MovieDocumentary
1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.
It Might Be YouIt Might Be You · 1946
It Might Be You
1946
MovieDocumentary
A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

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