Edgar Anstey
Edgar Anstey OBE (16 February 1907 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England – 26 September 1987[1] in London, England), was a leading British documentary film-maker.
Anstey was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys and Birkbeck College. He spent a few years as a civil servant before starting in 1930 at The Empire Marketing Board's film unit, under the direction of John Grierson. In 1949 he joined the British Transport Films unit, which he headed until 1974.
See also
- Alberto Cavalcanti
- Arthur Elton
- British Transport Films
- John Grierson
- Humphrey Jennings
- Wolfgang Suschitsky
References
Further reading
- Nicholas Pronay, ‘Anstey, Edgar Harold Macfarlane (1907–1987)’, rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 4 Oct 2007
External links
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