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.