Lindsay Anderson

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BIRTHDAY

April 17, 1923

Bangalore, India

DIED

August 30, 1994

RECENT CREDITS

Is That All There Is? (FILM) May. 10, 1995

Blame It on the Bellboy (FILM) Mar. 6, 1992

The Whales of August (FILM) Jan. 1, 1987

Britannia Hospital (FILM) Mar. 1, 1983

Chariots of Fire (FILM) Sep. 1, 1981

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BIOGRAPHY

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Born in India, and the son of a military officer, Lindsay Anderson emerged as a critic and journalist in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and became a major force in the reshaping of British cinema. With his calls for greater topicality and social awareness in British films, he--along with such figures as Tony Richardson--helped transform the image of British pictures from their post-World War II stodginess into a vital force in international films during the 1960s. Anderson began as a filmmaker in the field of documentaries during the late 1940s, and earned an Academy award in 1954 for his short Thursday's Children, and he subsequently worked as a director on television. He became a theatrical director in the late 1950s, and moved into feature film work in 1963 with This Sporting Life. This and his subsequent movies, including If. . . , O Lucky Man!, and Britannia Hospital (all of which starred Malcolm McDowell) are characterized by a grim view of English society, government, and their institutions, and a generally nihilist view of the world, coupled with disconcerting elements of realism.

~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide

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