Known For
Writing
Born
Feb 15, 1908
Died
May 31, 1994
Place of Birth
Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
Credits
61 titles
Sidney Gilliat
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. He was born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and its sequel Night Train to Munich (1940), directed by Carol Reed. He and Launder made their directorial debut co-directing the home front drama Millions Like Us (1943). From 1945 he also worked as a producer, starting with The Rake's Progress, which he also wrote and directed. He and Launder made over 40 films together, founding their own production company Individual Pictures. While Launder concentrated on directing their comedies, most famously the four St Trinian's School films, Gilliat showed a preference for comedy-thrillers and dramas, including Green for Danger (1946), London Belongs to Me (1948) and State Secret (1950). He wrote the libretto for Malcolm Williamson's opera Our Man in Havana, based on the novel by Graham Greene. He had also worked on the film. He married Beryl Brewer in the early 30s. He had two children: Joanna Gilliat, who is a journalist and is married to Edward Russell, a pilot and Caroline Gilliat, who was an opera singer and teacher, who was married to Anthony Cave Brown (journalist). He had 3 grand children, Amanda Eliasch, Toby Brown and Camilla Horn. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Gilliat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Self - Interviewee
The Boys in Blue
Original Story
Ooh...You Are Awful
Executive Producer
Endless Night
Director
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Director
Only Two Can Play
Director
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Writer
Left Right and Centre
Director
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Writer
The Smallest Show on Earth
Presenter
Fortune Is a Woman
Director
The Green Man
Producer
Geordie
Producer
The Constant Husband
Director
The Belles of St Trinian's
Screenplay
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
Director
Folly to Be Wise
Producer
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Producer
State Secret
Director
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Producer
The Blue Lagoon
Producer
London Belongs to Me
Director
Captain Boycott
Producer
Green for Danger
Director
I See a Dark Stranger
Writer
The Rake's Progress
Director
Waterloo Road
Director
Millions Like Us
Director
The Young Mr. Pitt
Screenplay
Partners in Crime
Director
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light
Story
Kipps
Screenplay
Crook's Tour
Characters
Night Train to Munich
Screenplay
Girl in the News
Screenplay
They Came by Night
Screenplay
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Writer
Jamaica Inn
Screenplay
Ask a Policeman
Story
The Gaunt Stranger
Screenplay
The Lady Vanishes
Screenplay
Strange Boarders
Writer
A Yank at Oxford
Story
Take My Tip
Screenplay
Strangers on Honeymoon
Writer
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Screenplay
Where There's a Will
Story
Seven Sinners
Writer
Twelve Good Men
Writer
Bulldog Jack
Screenplay