Lindsay Anderson
Directing
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.
Born: April 17, 1923
Place of Birth: Bangalore, India
Known For
The Threatening Sky
Pro-Vietnamese film created by Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens. This black and white film begins with an introduction by Bertrand Russell, who explains the history of the run-up to the American involvement in Vietnam. The film shows scenes of Vietnamese soldiers in trenches, American helicopters, agricultural workers, and children assembling anti-aircraft shells. A narrator speaks of the American invasion as being on par with the Germans during World War II and characterizes the Vietnamese as resistance fighters. Anti-American protests are shown. Ivens is shown interviewing Ho Chi Minh. Vietnamese villagers build dams for rice paddies, make traps using bamboo spikes, and take cover during air raids. Scenes include the headquarters of the National Liberation Front, a military execution, bombings, and villagers fighting back against US aggression.
American Cinema
13 episode series created by PBS to commemorate 100 years of movie-going. The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular celebration of movie magic. It's a mesmerizing, epic analysis that combines rare archival film, key scenes from immortal movies, interviews with leading filmmakers and commentary from noted film scholars and critics. As seen on PBS, this series is the definitive chronicle of the American cinema, from its beginning to today. Includes interviews with Robert Altman, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Spike Lee, George Lucas, Sidney Lumet, Julia Roberts, Martin Scorsese, Gene Siskel, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and many more.
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
Is That All There Is?
Award winning director Lindsay Anderson subverts the mockumentary genre and presents to the audience a detailed and humored account of what truly means to be Lindsay Anderson.
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.
Chariots of Fire
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
O Lucky Man!
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
D.W. Griffith: Father of Film
Part of the "American Masters" series; this documentary shows the career of filmmaking pioneer D.W. Griffith
Talking with Ozu
A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki Kaurismäki, Stanley Kwan, Paul Schrader, and Wim Wenders
Prisoner of Honor
France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that led to the imprisonment of the Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus after being convicted of espionage in 1894.
Filmography
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Narrator
as Self
as presenter
as Presenter
as Mr. Marshall (voice)
as War Minister
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Master of Caius
as Director
as Barrister
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Man in traffic police booth (uncredited)
as Narrator (UK)
as Holz
as Michael-Angelico
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator