Sidney Gilliat
Writing
Born 1908-02-15
Died 1994-05-31
Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
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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.
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Filmography
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Writing
48 credits
The Lady Vanishes
Jamaica Inn
Endless Night
State Secret
Night Train to Munich
The Belles of St Trinian's
A Yank at Oxford
Green for Danger
The Green Man
Kipps
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Fortune Is a Woman
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Rome Express
Girl in the News
The Constant Husband
I See a Dark Stranger
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
The Young Mr. Pitt
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
London Belongs to Me
Strangers on Honeymoon
Geordie
Twelve Good Men
Seven Sinners
The Rake's Progress
Millions Like Us
Bulldog Jack
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light
Strange Boarders
Waterloo Road
Partners in Crime
They Came by Night
The Boys in Blue
Friday the Thirteenth
Left Right and Centre
Lord Babs
Ask a Policeman
Falling for You
Chu Chin Chow
A Gentleman of Paris
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Facing the Music
Where There's a Will
The Ghost Train
The Gaunt Stranger
Take My Tip
Producing
20 credits
Endless Night
State Secret
The Belles of St Trinian's
Green for Danger
The Green Man
The Blue Lagoon
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Fortune Is a Woman
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
The Happiest Days of Your Life
The Constant Husband
I See a Dark Stranger
Captain Boycott
London Belongs to Me
Geordie
Ooh...You Are Awful
The Rake's Progress
Folly to Be Wise
Left Right and Centre
Directing
14 credits
Endless Night
State Secret
Green for Danger
Only Two Can Play
Fortune Is a Woman
The Constant Husband
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
London Belongs to Me
The Rake's Progress
Millions Like Us
Waterloo Road
Partners in Crime
Left Right and Centre
Acting
7 credits
Jamaica Inn
The Green Man
The Smallest Show on Earth
Crook's Tour
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
The Ringer
Lord Richard in the Pantry
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