Andrew Thorndike

Biography

Andrew Thorndike (30 August 1909 – 14 December 1979) was a German documentary film director. He directed 16 films between 1949 and 1977. His 1950 documentary, Der Weg nach oben, won the Best Documentary Film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1951. He was a member of the jury at the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. At the 11th Moscow International Film Festival in 1979, he was awarded the Honorable Prize for his contribution to cinema.

Directed

1. Vacation in Sylt (1957) — Director
2. The Russian Miracle (1963) — Director
3. You and Many a Comrade (1956) — Director
4. My Whole Life Long (1971) — Director
5. The Ascending Path (1950) — Director
6. Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten (1952) — Director
7. Diary of a German Woman (1969) — Director
8. The Old New World (1977) — Director
9. Operation Teutonic Sword (1958) — Director
10. Youth Sports Festival (1951) — Director
11. The Seven from the Rhine (1954) — Director
12. The Concessions of Mr. Urquhart (1961) — Director
13. Hier deutsche Volkspolizei (1972) — Director
14. Die Herrin des Hofes (1942) — Director
15. Der 13. Oktober – 1. Der durchbrochene Kreis (1949) — Director
16. From Hamburg to Stralsund (1950) — Director
17. The Examination (1952) — Director
18. The November Revolution 1918 (1956) — Director
19. The Harzmann Case and Others (1957) — Director
20. Tito in Deutschland (1965) — Director
21. Wladimir Iljitsch Uljanow Lenin (1970) — Director
22. Start (1972) — Director

Also appeared in

1. World Without a Game (1966) — Self