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Basil Wright

Basil Wright - was a documentary filmmaker, film historian, film critic and teacher. During World War II, Wright worked only as a producer, first at John Grierson's Film Centre before joining The Crown Film Unit between 1945 and 1946 as producer-in-charge. Among the best known films he produced for Crown are Humphrey Jennings' A Diary for Timothy (1946) and A Defeated People (1946) and Instruments of the Orchestra (1946) featuring Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.[1] Returning to direction in the early 1950s, his films included Waters of Time (1951) made for the Festival of Britain, World Without End (1953) directed with Paul Rotha for UNESCO and Greece: The Immortal Land (1958) in collaboration with his friend the artist Michael Ayrton.

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  • Rainbow Dance

    Rainbow Dance

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    6.2
    48 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 01, 1936
    90 years ago
  • London Can Take It!

    London Can Take It!

    Department Production

    Job Associate Producer

    Average Rating
    6.6
    24 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 01, 1940
    86 years ago
  • A Diary for Timothy

    A Diary for Timothy

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    6.6
    22 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 01, 1945
    81 years ago
  • A Defeated People

    A Defeated People

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    6.1
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 17, 1946
    81 years ago

  • London Scrapbook

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    6.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 30, 1942
    84 years ago
  • The Channel Islands 1940-1945

    The Channel Islands 1940-1945

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    4.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 01, 1945
    82 years ago
  • Men of Africa

    Men of Africa

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 01, 1940
    86 years ago

  • The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1953
    74 years ago
  • It Might Be You

    It Might Be You

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 25, 1946
    80 years ago

  • The Green Girdle

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1941
    86 years ago

  • The Immortal Land

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1958
    69 years ago
  • Advance Democracy!

    Advance Democracy!

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 05, 1938
    89 years ago
  • This Is Colour

    This Is Colour

    Department Production

    Job Producer

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 05, 1942
    85 years ago
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