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Basil Wright

Basil Wright

ActorDirectorProducerProductionWriter Jun 12 (died age 80) Frieth, Buckinghamshire, England 1929–1974 (45 year career)
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Biography

Basil Wright - was a documentary filmmaker, film historian, film critic and teacher. During World War II, Wright worked only as a producer, first at John Grierson's Film Centre before joining The Crown Film Unit between 1945 and 1946 as producer-in-charge. Among the best known films he produced for Crown are Humphrey Jennings' A Diary for Timothy (1946) and A Defeated People (1946) and Instruments of the Orchestra (1946) featuring Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.[1]…

Known For

Rainbow Dance
Film

Rainbow Dance

Producer
Night Mail
Film

Night Mail

Director
London Can Take It!
Film

London Can Take It!

Associate Producer
A Diary for Timothy
Film

A Diary for Timothy

Producer
The Song of Ceylon
Film

The Song of Ceylon

Director
Coal Face
Film

Coal Face

Director of Photography
Every Day
Film

Every Day

6.8 1929
A Defeated People
Film

A Defeated People

Producer

Filmography