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Basil Wright

Directing

Born: 1907-06-12 · Frieth, Buckinghamshire, England

Died: 1987-10-14

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]

🎬 Movies (30)

Om

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

1974

Self

Seriez Rating: ★ 0/10
Grierson — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

Grierson

1973

Self

Seriez Rating: ★ 7.3/10
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The Immortal Land

1958

Director

Seriez Rating: ★ 10/10
One Wish Too Many — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

One Wish Too Many

1956

Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 9/10
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The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

1953

Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 0/10
Wo

World Without End

1953

Director

Seriez Rating: ★ 0/10
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Waters of Time

1951

Director

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It Might Be You — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

It Might Be You

1946

Producer

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A Defeated People — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

A Defeated People

1946

Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 6.3/10
A Diary for Timothy — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

A Diary for Timothy

1945

Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 6.8/10
The Channel Islands 1940-1945 — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

The Channel Islands 1940-1945

1945

Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 4/10
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Neuro Psychiatry 1943

1943

Producer

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This Is Colour

1942

Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 7/10
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London Scrapbook

1942

Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 6.5/10
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The Green Girdle

1941

Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 10/10
Men of Africa — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

Men of Africa

1940

Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 0/10
London Can Take It! — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

London Can Take It!

1940

Associate Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 6.7/10
The Rape of Czechoslovakia — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

The Rape of Czechoslovakia

1939

Writer

Seriez Rating: ★ 7/10
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The Londoners

1939

Associate Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 0/10
The Face of Scotland — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

The Face of Scotland

1938

Director

Seriez Rating: ★ 7/10
Advance Democracy! — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

Advance Democracy!

1938

Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 0/10
Children at School — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

Children at School

1937

Director

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Mo

Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children

1937

Director

Seriez Rating: ★ 0/10
Night Mail — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

Night Mail

1936

Director

Seriez Rating: ★ 6.2/10
Rainbow Dance — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

Rainbow Dance

1936

Producer

Seriez Rating: ★ 6.3/10
Coal Face — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

Coal Face

1935

Director of Photography

Seriez Rating: ★ 6.3/10
Pe

Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs

1934

Vicar (uncredited)

Seriez Rating: ★ 5.8/10
The Song of Ceylon — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

The Song of Ceylon

1934

Director

Seriez Rating: ★ 6.3/10
The Country Comes to Town — Rated on Seriez, track your watch history at seriez.app

The Country Comes to Town

1933

Director

Seriez Rating: ★ 0/10
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O'er Hill and Dale

1932

Director

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