Edgar Anstey Biography
British do*entary filmmaker (1907-1987)This article is about Edgar Anstey the do*entary film-maker. For Edgar Anstey the psychologist, see Edgar Anstey (psychologist).
Edgar Anstey OBE (16 February 1907 – 26 September 1987), was a leading British do*entary filmmaker.
Anstey was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England in 1907, and 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. He was nominated for the Short Subject (Live Action) Academy Award in 1965 for the do*entary film Snow. He directed Housing Problems in 1935.
Anstey died in London, England in 1987.
See also
- Alberto Cavalcanti
- Arthur Elton
- British Transport Films
- John Grierson
- Humphrey Jennings
- Wolfgang Suschitzky
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
- British Universities Film & Video Council Website featuring a Podcast Interview with Edgar Anstey.
