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Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and Night Train to Munich (1940), directed by Carol Reed.
Writer: The Great Manhunt. Sidney Gilliat, the English director, screenwriter, and producer, was born on February 15, 1908 in Edgely, Cheshire, England. He began his screen-writing career in the silent movie era, writing inter-titles, going uncredited for his contributions to Honeymoon Abroad (1928), Champagne (1928), and Week-End Wives (1929).
- Writer, Producer, Director
- February 15, 1908
- Sidney Gilliat
- May 31, 1994
Sep 10, 2012 · Launder (co-producer) and Gilliat (writer/co-producer/director) drew on the lessons they'd learned when working for Hitchcock in the '30s to turn out this nifty little thriller (from a...
Sep 10, 2012 · Discover the best of the city, first. Launder and Gilliat's portrait of a family at war is remarkable not only for its breadth of social detail - Dad joins the Home Guard, Mum goes back to her...
From the 1940s to the mid 1960s, Sidney Gilliat and his film-making partner Frank Launder carved a distinctive niche in British cinema, offering middle-brow entertainments stamped with intelligence, an impish wit, and a close regard for the quirks of British life.
In 1944 Launder directed and scripted Ten Thousand Women, a comedy drama about the female internees of a French prisoner- of-war camp, while Gilliat meanwhile directed and scripted Waterloo Road...
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Jun 2, 1994 · Sidney Gilliat, a British screenwriter, film director and producer who with his partner, Frank Launder, made a string of successful suspense and comedy films from the 1930's to the 1960's, died...
