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Lindsay Anderson

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Born / DiedApr 17, 1923 (Died at 71)
Zodiac Sign♈Aries
Place of BirthBangalore, India
Career Span1948 – 1994
Known Credits51 Titles
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Lindsay Anderson

Also known as:Линдсей Андерсон
Total Works

51

45 movies • 6 shows

Avg Rating

6.5 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was an English director and film critic, best known for his association with the Free Cinema movement and the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for his 1968 film if...., which won the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lindsay Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Chariots of Fire
6.8
Chariots of Fire
1981•movie
as Master of Caius
if....
7.0
if....
1968•movie
Role: Director
This Sporting Life
7.0
This Sporting Life
1963•movie
Role: Director
O Lucky Man!
6.8
O Lucky Man!
1973•movie
as Director

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 51 titles featuring Lindsay Anderson

Chariots of Fire
6.8
Chariots of Fire
1981•movie

as Master of Caius

if....
7.0
if....
1968•movie

Role: Director

This Sporting Life
7.0
This Sporting Life
1963•movie

Role: Director

O Lucky Man!
6.8
O Lucky Man!
1973•movie

as Director

The Whales of August
7.0

Role: Director

Britannia Hospital
6.2
Britannia Hospital
1982•movie

Role: Director

Blame It on the Bellboy
5.4

as Mr. Marshall (voice)

O Dreamland
6.2
O Dreamland
1953•movie

Role: Director

The White Bus
5.9
The White Bus
1967•movie

Role: Director

The Adventures of Robin Hood
6.4

Role: Director

Prisoner of Honor
6.1
Prisoner of Honor
1991•movie

as War Minister

Together
6.9
Together
1956•movie

Role: Supervising Editor

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
6.6

as Self (archive footage) (voice)

Thursday's Children
6.9

Role: Director

Martyrs of Love
5.3
Martyrs of Love
1967•movie

as Man in traffic police booth (uncredited)

Every Day Except Christmas
6.6

Role: Director

The Pleasure Garden
6.5

as Michael-Angelico

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
7.5
3 eps

as Self - Narrator (voice)

In Celebration
5.2
In Celebration
1975•movie

Role: Director

The Old Crowd
5.4
The Old Crowd
1979•movie

Role: Director

Play for Today
6.6
Play for Today
1970•series

Role: Director

D.W. Griffith: Father of Film
7.0

as Narrator

BBC Play of the Month
5.2
1 eps

as Holz

Home
7.8
Home
1972•movie

Role: Director

Look Back in Anger
4.3
Look Back in Anger
1980•movie

Role: Director

Wakefield Express
6.0
Wakefield Express
1952•movie

Role: Director

Meet the Pioneers
5.8
Meet the Pioneers
1948•movie

as Narrator (voice)

Inadmissible Evidence
7.0

as Barrister

Wham! 10 Days in China
7.2

as Self (archive footage)

Talking with Ozu
6.5
Talking with Ozu
1993•movie

as Self

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
7.0

as Narrator

American Cinema
8.3
2 eps
American Cinema
1994•series

as Self

Three Installations
6.0

as Narrator

Words in Progress
5.5
Words in Progress
2004•movie
Is That All There Is?
8.0

as Self

John Ford
8.0
John Ford
1992•movie

as presenter

Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
6.5

as Narrator (voice)

The Threatening Sky
9.5

as Narrator (UK)

Wham! in China: Foreign Skies
8.5

Role: Director

Glory! Glory!
8.0
Glory! Glory!
1989•movie

Role: Director

Henry
6.5
Henry
1955•movie

Role: Director

March to Aldermaston
8.0

Role: Director

About "The White Bus"
8.0

as Self

£20 per ton
10.0
£20 per ton
1955•movie

Role: Director

Red, White, and Zero
5.0

Role: Director

Omnibus: John Ford, Part One

as Presenter

Lucky Man
Lucky Man
1995•movie

as Himself

The Last Day

as Narrator