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Lindsay Anderson
Lindsay Gordon Anderson was an English filmmaker, theatre director, critic, and actor. He was considered a leading light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave, and a principal exponent of kitchen sink realism on both the stage and screen.
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Born 17 April 1923 · Died 30 August 1994 · Q298352
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2026· 2 entries
The Guardian: Careless whispers: what really happened between George Michael and Lindsay Anderson? The Wham! movie producer reveals all
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2023· 3 entries
The Guardian: Dead dogs, capitalist critique and only four songs: when Wham! squashed Lindsay Anderson’s China film
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The Guardian: The director who dared to tell uncomfortable truths: Lindsay Anderson at 100
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Was marked by special events at the University of Stirling, where the Anderson papers are currently held
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2007· 4 entries
The Guardian: Never Apologise: A Personal Visit With Lindsay Anderson
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Released album “If”.
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The Guardian: Director Mike Kaplan talks about his tribute film to Lindsay Anderson, Never Apologise
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Iranian filmmaker Maziar Bahari selected two of Anderson's short documentaries, O Dreamland and Every Day Except Christmas (1957), a record of a day in the old Covent Garden market, for his top 10 classics from the histo
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2005· 1 entry
The Guardian: Jonathan Coe admires Lindsay Anderson
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2004· 2 entries
The Guardian: Observer review: Collected Writings and Diaries of Lindsay Anderson
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There has been a revival of interest in Anderson scholarship, including several edited collections and monographs addressing his work from a variety of critical perspectives
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1994· 1 entry
Died 1994-08-30.
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1992· 1 entry
As a close friend of the late actresses Jill Bennett and Rachel Roberts, Anderson arranged a boat trip to scatter the women's ashes in the Thames River
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1986· 2 entries
And narrated several documentaries about cinema, including Ingmar Bergman: The Director (1988) for Thames and D W Griffith: Father of Film (1993) for Channel 4
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Served as a member of the jury at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival, by invitation
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1985· 1 entry
Producer Martin Lewis invited Anderson to chronicle Wham
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1980· 1 entry
Directed Look Back in Anger for Showtime, and in 1989 Glory
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1978· 1 entry
Anderson directed The Old Crowd for LWT, from a script by Alan Bennett
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1969· 2 entries
Awarded Palme d'Or for If.... (1969).
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With the aim of bolstering support for independent British directors, but left the role after a year
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1948· 1 entry
With Meet the Pioneers, a documentary about a conveyor-belt factory
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1946· 1 entry
But switched from classical studies to English; he graduated in 1948
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1942· 3 entries
Anderson wrote in his diary in 1942, "It seems I am homosexual.
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For classical studies at Wadham College at the University of Oxford
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“It seems I am homosexual. It really is rather awful and I suppose I shall never get rid of it.”
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1935· 1 entry
In which Cooke had claimed to be without politics as a critic, Anderson responded:
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1932· 1 entry
The couple tried to reconcile in Bangalore, and when Estelle returned to England she was pregnant with their third son, who was named Alexander Vass Anderson after his father
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1926· 1 entry
And Estelle returned to England with the two boys
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1923· 1 entry
Born 1923-04-17.
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