Anthony Asquith

Biography

Anthony Asquith (9 November 1902 –20 February 1968) was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy (1948) and The Browning Version (1951), among other adaptations. His other notable films include Pygmalion (1938), French Without Tears (1940), The Way to the Stars (1945), and a 1952 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

Directed

1. Pygmalion (1938) — Director
2. The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) — Director
3. The Browning Version (1951) — Director
4. The V.I.P.s (1963) — Director
5. The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) — Director
6. The Millionairess (1960) — Director
7. The Way to the Stars (1945) — Director
8. A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929) — Director
9. We Dive at Dawn (1943) — Director
10. The Winslow Boy (1948) — Director
11. Libel (1959) — Director
12. Orders to Kill (1958) — Director
13. Cottage to Let (1941) — Director
14. Underground (1928) — Director
15. The Woman in Question (1950) — Director
16. Carrington V.C. (1954) — Director
17. Shooting Stars (1928) — Director
18. Guns of Darkness (1962) — Director
19. Fanny by Gaslight (1944) — Director
20. The Doctor's Dilemma (1959) — Director
21. The Demi-Paradise (1943) — Director
22. The Young Lovers (1954) — Director
23. The Final Test (1953) — Director
24. Quiet Wedding (1941) — Director
25. The Net (1953) — Director
26. Moscow Nights (1934) — Director
27. French Without Tears (1940) — Director
28. Freedom Radio (1941) — Director
29. Two Living, One Dead (1961) — Director
30. The Lucky Number (1933) — Director
31. Tell England (1931) — Director
32. A Welcome to Britain (1943) — Director
33. Two Fathers (1944) — Director
34. Rush Hour (1941) — Director
35. Unfinished Symphony (1934) — Director
36. An Evening With The Royal Ballet (1963) — Director
37. Channel Incident (1940) — Director
38. Dance Pretty Lady (1931) — Director
39. Uncensored (1942) — Director
40. The Runaway Princess (1929) — Director

Also appeared in

1. A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929) — Bespectacled Man in Cinema (uncredited)
2. Insight: Anthony Asquith (1960)
3. Bernard Shaw (1957) — Self