Anthony Asquith

Director

Born: November 9, 1902 (65 years old)

Died: February 20, 1968

Place of birth: London, England

Biography

Anthony Asquith (9 November 1902 –20 February 1968) was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy (1948) and The Browning Version (1951), among other adaptations. His other notable films include Pygmalion (1938), French Without Tears (1940), The Way to the Stars (1945), and a 1952 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

Filmography (26)

• A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929, ★ 7.2)
• Underground (1928, ★ 6.9)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1952, ★ 7.2)
• Pygmalion (1938, ★ 7)
• The Browning Version (1951, ★ 7.6)
• The Woman in Question (1950, ★ 6.3)
• Orders to Kill (1958, ★ 7.2)
• Carrington V.C. (1954, ★ 6)
• The V.I.P.s (1963, ★ 6.1)
• We Dive at Dawn (1943, ★ 6.4)
• The Way to the Stars (1945, ★ 6.1)
• The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964, ★ 6.1)
• Cottage to Let (1941, ★ 6.8)
• Libel (1959, ★ 6.7)
• The Winslow Boy (1948, ★ 6.9)
• The Millionairess (1960, ★ 5.3)
• The Young Lovers (1954, ★ 6)
• The Final Test (1953, ★ 6.7)
• Fanny by Gaslight (1944, ★ 5.2)
• The Doctor's Dilemma (1959, ★ 6.1)
• Shooting Stars (1928, ★ 6.9)
• Quiet Wedding (1941, ★ 5)
• The Net (1953, ★ 5.6)
• The Demi-Paradise (1943, ★ 6.3)
• Guns of Darkness (1962, ★ 6)
• Brown on Resolution (1935, ★ 5.7)