Edgar Anstey

Edgar Anstey, 1907-1987

Lived at: 6 Hurst Close - address at death

Profession: Pioneering Documentary Filmmaker

About his life:

  • Educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys and Birkbeck College
  • Spent time as a civil servant
  • Joined The Empire Marketing Board’s film unit, under the direction of John Grierson
  • Joined the British Transport film unit in 1949
  • Nominated for an Oscar in 1965 for the documentary film Snow
  • Governor of British Film Institute 1965-75.
  • OBE 1969
  • Notable films include

    • 'Housing Problems', 1935;
    • ‘Enough to Eat?’, 1936;
    • 'Journey into Spring', 1957;
    • 'Terminus', 1961;
    • 'Wild Wings’, 1965.

 

Edgar Anstey
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