Directing
Lindsay Anderson
Born 1923-04-17
Bangalore, India
Department: Directing
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
Prominent works featuring Lindsay Anderson
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Chariots of Fire
1981
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Play for Today
1970
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if....
1968
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BBC Play of the Month
1965
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
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This Sporting Life
1963
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O Lucky Man!
1973
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The Whales of August
1987
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Britannia Hospital
1982
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Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (81 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Wham! 10 Days in China | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2026 |
 | Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | Self (archive footage) (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
| Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? | Self (Archival) | Movie | 2004 | |
 | Words in Progress | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2004 |
 | Lucky Man | Himself | Movie | 1995 |
 | American Cinema | Self | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Talking with Ozu | Self | Movie | 1993 |
 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties | Self | TV Series | 1993 |
 | D.W. Griffith: Father of Film | Narrator | Movie | 1993 |
 | Is That All There Is? | Self | Movie | 1992 |
 | Omnibus: John Ford, Part One | Presenter | Movie | 1992 |
 | John Ford | presenter | Movie | 1992 |
| Is That All There Is? | Director | Movie | 1992 |
| Is That All There Is? | Writer | Movie | 1992 |
| Omnibus: John Ford, Part One | Writer | Movie | 1992 |
| John Ford | Writer | Movie | 1992 |
 | Blame It on the Bellboy | Mr. Marshall (voice) | Movie | 1992 |
 | Prisoner of Honor | War Minister | Movie | 1991 |
 | Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius | Narrator | Movie | 1989 |
 | Glory! Glory! | Director | Movie | 1989 |
 | The Whales of August | Director | Movie | 1987 |
 | Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Wham! in China: Foreign Skies | Director | Movie | 1986 |
 | Free Cinema, 1956 - ? An Essay on Film by Lindsay Anderson | Director | Movie | 1985 |
 | Britannia Hospital | Director | Movie | 1982 |
 | Chariots of Fire | Master of Caius | Movie | 1981 |
 | Look Back in Anger | Director | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Old Crowd | Director | Movie | 1979 |
 | In Celebration | Director | Movie | 1975 |
| Nureyev | Self (Interviewer / Narrator) | Movie | 1974 | |
 | O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment | Himself | Movie | 1973 |
 | O Lucky Man! | Director | Movie | 1973 |
| O Lucky Man! | Producer | Movie | 1973 |
 | Home | Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | Play for Today | Director | TV Series | 1970 |
| Hetty King: Performer | Narrator | Movie | 1970 | |
 | if.... | Director | Movie | 1968 |
| if.... | Producer | Movie | 1968 |
 | Inadmissible Evidence | Barrister | Movie | 1968 |
 | Red, White, and Zero | Director | Movie | 1968 |
 | Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1968 |
 | About "The White Bus" | Self | Movie | 1968 |
| The Singing Lesson | Director | Movie | 1967 | |
 | The White Bus | Director | Movie | 1967 |
| The White Bus | Producer | Movie | 1967 |
 | Martyrs of Love | Man in traffic police booth (uncredited) | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Threatening Sky | Narrator (UK) | Movie | 1966 |
 | BBC Play of the Month | Holz | TV Series | 1965 |
 | This Sporting Life | Director | Movie | 1963 |
 | March to Aldermaston | Director | Movie | 1959 |
| John Ford at the NFT | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1957 | |
 | Every Day Except Christmas | Director | Movie | 1957 |
| Every Day Except Christmas | Writer | Movie | 1957 |
 | Together | Supervising Editor | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Director | TV Series | 1955 |
| Foot and Mouth | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1955 | |
| Foot and Mouth | Director | Movie | 1955 | |
| Foot and Mouth | Writer | Movie | 1955 | |
 | Henry | Director | Movie | 1955 |
| Green and Pleasant Land | Director | Movie | 1955 | |
 | £20 per ton | Director | Movie | 1955 |
| Green and Pleasant Land | Script | Movie | 1955 | |
| Henry | Screenplay | Movie | 1955 |
| Trunk Conveyor | Narrator | Movie | 1954 | |
| Trunk Conveyor | Director | Movie | 1954 | |
 | Thursday's Children | Director | Movie | 1954 |
| Thursday's Children | Writer | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Pleasure Garden | Michael-Angelico | Movie | 1953 |
| The Pleasure Garden | Production Manager | Movie | 1953 |
 | O Dreamland | Director | Movie | 1953 |
| O Dreamland | Writer | Movie | 1953 |
 | Wakefield Express | Director | Movie | 1952 |
| Wakefield Express | Writer | Movie | 1952 |
 | Three Installations | Narrator | Movie | 1952 |
| Three Installations | Director | Movie | 1952 |
| Idlers That Work | Narrator | Movie | 1949 | |
| Idlers That Work | Director | Movie | 1949 | |
 | Meet the Pioneers | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1948 |
| Meet the Pioneers | Director | Movie | 1948 |
| Meet the Pioneers | Editor | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Last Day | Narrator | Movie | — |