Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave. 

Anderson died from a heart attack on 30 August 1994 at the age of 71.

 Theatre productions 
All Royal Court, London, unless otherwise indicated:

 The Waiting of Lester Abbs (Kathleen Sully, 1957)
 The Long and the Short and the Tall (Willis Hall, 1959)
 Progress to the Park (Alun Owen, 1959)
 The Trial of Cob and Leach/Jazzetry (Christopher Logue, 1959)
 Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (John Arden, 1959)
 The Lily White Boys (Harry Cookson and Christopher Logue, 1960)
 Trials by Logue: Antigone/Cob and Leach (Christopher Logue, 1960)
 Diary of a Madman (Gogol adaptation, 1963)
 Box and Cox (John Maddison Morton, 1961)
 The Fire Raisers (Max Frisch, 1961)
 Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare, 1964)
 Andorra (Max Frisch, National Theatre at the Old Vic, 1964)
 The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1966)
 Inadmissible Evidence (John Osborne, Teatr Współczesny, Warsaw, 1966)
 The Contractor (David Storey, 1969)
 Home (David Storey, also Morosco Theatre NY, 1970)
 The Changing Room (David Storey, 1971)
 The Farm (David Storey, 1973)
 Life Class (David Storey, 1974)
 In Celebration (David Storey 1974)
 What the Butler Saw (Joe Orton, 1975)
 The Seagull (Anton Chekhov, Lyric Theatre, 1975); in repertory with
 The Bed Before Yesterday (Ben Travers, Lyric Theatre, 1975)
 The Kingfisher (William Douglas Home, Lyric Theatre 1977, Biltmore NY, 1978)
 Alice's Boys (Felicity Brown and Jonathan Hayes, Savoy Theatre, 1978)
 Early Days (David Storey, National Cottesloe Theatre, 1980)

Hamlet theatre royal Stratford east.

 The Holly and the Ivy (Wynyard Browne, Roundabout New York, 1982)
 The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1983)
 The Playboy of the Western World (John Millington Synge, 1984)
 In Celebration revival (David Storey, Manhattan Theatre Club, NY, 1984)
 Holiday (Philip Barry, Old Vic, 1987)
 The March on Russia (David Storey, National Lyttelton Theatre, 1989)
 The Fishing Trip (Frank Grimes, Warehouse Theatre, 1991)
 Stages (David Storey, National Cottesloe Theatre, 1992)

 Filmography 

 Films 
YearTitleNotes1963This Sporting LifeNominated—Palme d'Or1967The White BusShort film, also producer1968if....Also producer
Palme d'Or
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Direction1973O Lucky Man!Also producer
Nominated—Palme d'Or1975In Celebration1982Britannia HospitalFantasporto Audience Jury Award
Nominated—Palme d'Or
Nominated—Gold Hugo1986Wham! in China: Foreign SkiesDocumentary1987The Whales of August1992Is That All There Is?Mockumentary; also writer

 Television 
YearTitleNotes1956–1957The Adventures of Robin Hood5 episodes1972Play for TodayEpisode: "Home"1979The Old CrowdTelevision film1980Look Back in AngerTelevision film1986Free CinemaTelevision documentary1987Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to FollowDocumentary (Narrator)1989Glory! Glory!Television film

 Documentary short films 
YearTitle1948Meet the Pioneers1949Idlers that Work1952Trunk Conveyor1952Three Installations1954Thursday's Children1955The Children Upstairs1955Henry1955Green and Pleasant Land1955Foot and Mouth1955Energy First1955A Hundred Thousand Children1955£20 a Ton1956O Dreamland1957Wakefield Express1957Every Day Except Christmas1959March to Aldermaston1967The Singing Lesson

 Acting 
YearTitleRoleNotes1973O Lucky Man!Film DirectorUncredited1986Inadmissible EvidenceBarrister1981Chariots of FireMaster of Caius1991Prisoner of HonorWar MinisterTelevision film1992Blame It on the BellboyMr. MarshallVoice

 References 

Category:British movie directors
Category:1923 births
Category:1994 deaths