Sidney Gilliat
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. He was born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and its sequel Night Train to Munich (1940), directed by Carol Reed. He and Launder made their directorial debut co-directing the home front drama Millions Like Us (1943). From 1945 he also worked as a producer, starting with The Rake's Progress, which he also wrote and directed. He and Launder made over 40 films together, founding their own production company Individual Pictures. While Launder concentrated on directing their comedies, most famously the four St Trinian's School films, Gilliat showed a preference for comedy-thrillers and dramas, including Green for Danger (1946), London Belongs to Me (1948) and State Secret (1950). He wrote the libretto for Malcolm Williamson's opera Our Man in Havana, based on the novel by Graham Greene. He had also worked on the film. He married Beryl Brewer in the early 30s. He had two children: Joanna Gilliat, who is a journalist and is married to Edward Russell, a pilot and Caroline Gilliat, who was an opera singer and teacher, who was married to Anthony Cave Brown (journalist). He had 3 grand children, Amanda Eliasch, Toby Brown and Camilla Horn. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Gilliat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Lady Vanishes
(Screenplay)
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
(Writer)
Geordie
(Producer)
The Man Who Changed His Mind
(Screenplay)
The Belles of St. Trinian's
(Screenplay)
The Belles of St. Trinian's
(Producer)
I See a Dark Stranger
(Writer)
Endless Night
(Director)
Night Train to Munich
(Screenplay)
Green for Danger
(Director)
Green for Danger
(Screenplay)
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
(Director)
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
(Writer)
Ask a Policeman
(Story)
Waterloo Road
(Director)
Millions Like Us
(Director)
Only Two Can Play
(Director)
Seven Sinners
(Writer)
The Happiest Days of Your Life
(Producer)
Crook's Tour
(Characters)
London Belongs to Me
(Director)
Fortune Is a Woman
(Director)
The Rake's Progress
(Director)
They Came by Night
(Screenplay)
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
(Writer)
The Blue Lagoon
(Producer)
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
(Director)
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
(Writer)
London Belongs to Me
(Screenplay)
London Belongs to Me
(Producer)
Fortune Is a Woman
(Screenplay)
Left Right and Centre
(Director)
Friday the Thirteenth
(Story)
Where There's a Will
(Story)
Twelve Good Men
(Writer)
Left Right and Centre
(Producer)
Left Right and Centre
(Screenplay)
Left Right and Centre
(Original Story)
The Gaunt Stranger
(Screenplay)
Strange Boarders
(Writer)
Jamaica Inn
(Screenplay)
Jamaica Inn
(Dialogue)
A Yank at Oxford
(Story)
Ooh...You Are Awful
(Executive Producer)
Endless Night
(Screenplay)
Endless Night
(Executive Producer)
Falling for You
(Story)
Fortune Is a Woman
(Producer)
Lord Richard in the Pantry
(Other)
Bulldog Jack
(Screenplay)
Kipps
(Screenplay)
The Young Mr. Pitt
(Screenplay)
The Green Man
(Producer)
The Green Man
(Theatre Play)
Take My Tip
(Screenplay)
Girl in the News
(Screenplay)
A Gentleman of Paris
(Writer)
Lord Babs
(Writer)
The Happy Ending
(Writer)
The Ringer
(Additional Dialogue)
Geordie
(Screenplay)
Waterloo Road
(Writer)
Folly to Be Wise
(Producer)
The Rake's Progress
(Screenplay)
The Rake's Progress
(Producer)
Chu Chin Chow
(Screenplay)
The Green Man
(Screenplay)
Partners in Crime
(Director)
The Constant Husband
(Director)
The Constant Husband
(Producer)
The Constant Husband
(Screenplay)
State Secret
(Director)
State Secret
(Producer)
Millions Like Us
(Screenplay)
Lady Godiva Rides Again
(Producer)
State Secret
(Screenplay)
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
(Producer)
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
(Writer)
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
(Producer)
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light
(Story)
I See a Dark Stranger
(Producer)
Captain Boycott
(Producer)
The Boys in Blue
(Original Story)
Rome Express
(Screenplay)
Partners in Crime
(Writer)
Green for Danger
(Producer)
The Ghost Train
(Writer)
The Smallest Show on Earth
(Presenter)
Strangers on Honeymoon
(Writer)