Sidney Gilliat

ActorWriterDirectorProducerCrew Feb 15 (died age 86) Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK 1930–1993 (63 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. He was born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and its sequel Night Train to Munich (1940), directed by Carol Reed. He and Launder made their directorial debut co-directing the home front drama Millions Like Us (1943). Fr…

Known For

Film

The Lady Vanishes

Screenplay

Film

Jamaica Inn

Dialogue

Film

Night Train to Munich

Screenplay

Film

Green for Danger

Director

Film

The Belles of St Trinian's

Producer

Film

The Green Man

Producer

Film

The Happiest Days of Your Life

Producer

Film

Endless Night

Director

Filmography

Acting (1)

Movies (1)

Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One

1993

as Self - Interviewee

Crew (89)

Movies (89)

The Boys in Blue

Original Story

Endless Night

Director

Endless Night

Executive Producer

Endless Night

Screenplay

Ooh...You Are Awful

Executive Producer

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery

1966

Director

6.1

The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery

Writer

Only Two Can Play

Director

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960

Producer

6.4

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960

Writer

6.4

Left Right and Centre

1959

Director

6.0

Left Right and Centre

1959

Original Story

6.0

Left Right and Centre

1959

Producer

6.0

Left Right and Centre

Screenplay

Fortune Is a Woman

Director

Fortune Is a Woman

Producer

Fortune Is a Woman

Screenplay

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957

Presenter

6.6

Blue Murder at St Trinian's

1957

Producer

6.7

Blue Murder at St Trinian's

Writer

The Green Man

Producer

The Green Man

Screenplay

The Green Man

Theatre Play

Geordie

Producer

Geordie

Screenplay

The Constant Husband

Director

The Constant Husband

Producer

The Constant Husband

Screenplay

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954

Producer

6.3

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954

Screenplay

6.3

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

1953

Director

4.0

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

Writer

Folly to Be Wise

Producer

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Producer

State Secret

Director

State Secret

Producer

State Secret

Screenplay

The Happiest Days of Your Life

Producer

The Blue Lagoon

Producer

London Belongs to Me

Director

London Belongs to Me

Producer

London Belongs to Me

Screenplay

Captain Boycott

Producer

I See a Dark Stranger

1946

Producer

6.4

I See a Dark Stranger

Writer

Green for Danger

Director

Green for Danger

Producer

Green for Danger

Screenplay

Waterloo Road

Director

Waterloo Road

Writer

The Rake's Progress

Director

The Rake's Progress

Producer

The Rake's Progress

Screenplay

Millions Like Us

Director

Millions Like Us

Screenplay

The Young Mr. Pitt

Screenplay

Partners in Crime

Director

Partners in Crime

1942

Writer

Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light

1941

Story

Kipps

Screenplay

Crook's Tour

Characters

Girl in the News

Screenplay

Night Train to Munich

Screenplay

They Came by Night

Screenplay

Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday

Writer

Jamaica Inn

Dialogue

Jamaica Inn

Screenplay

Ask a Policeman

Story

The Lady Vanishes

Screenplay

A Yank at Oxford

Story

The Gaunt Stranger

Screenplay

Strange Boarders

Writer

Take My Tip

1937

Screenplay

The Man Who Changed His Mind

1936

Screenplay

6.1

Twelve Good Men

1936

Writer

Strangers on Honeymoon

1936

Writer

Seven Sinners

Writer

Where There's a Will

Story

Bulldog Jack

Screenplay

Chu Chin Chow

Screenplay

Falling for You

Story

Friday the Thirteenth

Story

Rome Express

Screenplay

Lord Babs

Writer

A Gentleman of Paris

Writer

The Happy Ending

Writer

The Ghost Train

1931

Writer

The Ringer

1931

Additional Dialogue

Lord Richard in the Pantry

1930

Other