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Anthony Simmons

Anthony Simmons

DirectorWriterActorCrewProducer Dec 16 (died age 93) West Ham, London, England, UK 1953–1992 (39 year career)
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Biography

Anthony Simmons (16 December 1922 – 22 January 2016) was a British writer and film director. He was associated with, though separate from, the Free Cinema movement; he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni’s movie Il Grido (1957). Simmons was born in West Ham, then in Essex, now part of the London Borough of Newham, the fourth of five children – three boys and two girls – to parents of Polish-Jewish extraction, Miriam (née Corb) and Joseph Simmons (or…

Known For

A Touch of Frost
Film

A Touch of Frost

Director
The Professionals
Film

The Professionals

Director
Time Without Pity
Film

Time Without Pity

Producer
Green Ice
Film

Green Ice

Screenplay
The Optimists of Nine Elms
Film

The Optimists of Nine Elms

Director
Four in the Morning
Film

Four in the Morning

Director
Van der Valk
Film

Van der Valk

Director
Black Joy
Film

Black Joy

Director

Filmography

Acting (1)