George Hoellering
George Michael Hoellering (20 July 1897 – 10 February 1980) was an Austrian film director, editor and producer, probably best known for directing and producing the 1951 British film Murder in the Cathedral, which he co-wrote with T. S. Eliot, and for having been the director of the Academy Cinema in London's Oxford Street from 1944 until his death in 1980.
Early life
George Hoellering was born in Baden, near Vienna, Austria on 20 July 1897, the third of four children of the musician and impresario, Georg Höllering, and his wife, Maria Magdalene.[1][2]
Career
Hoellering was the director of the Academy Cinema in London's Oxford Street from 1944 until his death in 1980.[1]
His 1950 film, Shapes and Forms is considered to be the first appearance of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) on film.[3]
Personal life
Hoellering's first wife, Dora Constance Lehmann, had been previously married and had a son, Ivo Jarosy. She was the daughter of Felix Lehmann and his wife Anna Friedländer.[4] They married in 1929 in Baden, Austria, and their only child, Andrew, was born in Vienna in 1932. Dora died in England in 1955. On 24 November 1956, Hoellering married Anne Allnatt (b. 1925/6) the daughter of Alfred Ernest Allnatt, a building contractor.[1]
Death
He died in Suffolk on 10 February 1980.[2]
Selected filmography
- Hunting You (1929), producer
- Kuhle Wampe (1932), producer
- Hortobagy (1936), director and producer
- Water Saving (1942), director
- Water Pipes (1942), director
- Eyes on the Target (1942), director
- Salvage Saves Shipping (1943), producer
- Peak Load (1943), producer
- Make Do and Mend Parties (1943), producer
- Blood Will Out (1943), director and producer
- Skeleton in the Cupboard (1943), director and producer
- Blood Will Out (1943), director and producer
- Books, Books, Books (1943), director and producer
- Old Logs (1943), director and producer
- Tim Marches Back (1944), director and producer
- Message from Canterbury (1944), director, producer and editor
- Tyre Economy (1944), director and producer
- Hands Off (1945), director and producer
- Golden Glory (1945), director and producer
- Help Wanted (1945), director and producer
- Paper Possibilities (1945), director and producer
- Family Allowances (1946), director
- Briquette Making (1946), director
- Shapes and Forms (1950), director, producer, screenwriter and editor
- Plan for Living (1950), director and producer
- Glasgow Orpheus Choir (1951), director, producer, screenwriter and co-editor
- Murder in the Cathedral (1951), director, producer, screenwriter and co-editor
- Hortobagy (just the item about Bela Bartók) (1964)
References
- 1 2 3 Christie, Ian. "Hoellering, George Michael (1897–1980)". ODNB. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- 1 2 "George Hoellering : Born: 20 July 1897, Baden : Died: 10 February 1980, Suffolk". Bfi.org.uk. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "From the Archive: Shapes and Forms | Institute of Contemporary Arts". Ica.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ↑ "Braun Family Archive". bodley.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-10.