FILM DIRECTOR

Anthony Asquith

1902 - 1968

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Anthony Asquith (; 9 November 1902 – 20 February 1968) was an English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy (1948) and The Browning Version (1951), among other adaptations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Asquith has received more than 256,327 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Asquith is the 567th most popular film director (down from 520th in 2019), the 2,128th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,974th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Anthony Asquith ranks 567 out of 2,041. Before him are František Čáp, Thelma Schoonmaker, Sergei Yutkevich, Chris Menges, Tonino Delli Colli, and Georges Lautner. After him are Oliver Hirschbiegel, Franco Rossi, Peter Stein, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Elmar Klos, and André Delvaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Anthony Asquith ranks 142. Before him are John Houseman, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Riccardo Morandi, Bobby Jones, Luis Cernuda, and Princess Françoise of Orléans. After him are Nikolay Kamov, K. Shivaram Karanth, Gustav Fröhlich, Khuang Aphaiwong, Max Abegglen, and Thomas E. Dewey. Among people deceased in 1968, Anthony Asquith ranks 103. Before him are Tian Han, Herbert Read, Randolph Churchill, George Hackenschmidt, Sigfried Giedion, and Alfredo Foglino. After him are Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Khuang Aphaiwong, Armando Castellazzi, Gunnar Ekelöf, Mae Marsh, and Jan Johansson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Asquith ranks 2,128 out of 8,785. Before him are Catherine Carey (1523), Dennis Viollet (1933), Stephen Dillane (1957), William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), James H. Wilkinson (1919), and Charles Boycott (1832). After him are John Fletcher (1579), Arnold Bax (1883), Rosamund Clifford (1150), Walter Pater (1839), John Hannah (1962), and John Illsley (1949).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Anthony Asquith ranks 41. Before him are Ken Annakin (1914), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Hugh Hudson (1936), George Albert Smith (1864), David Byrne (1952), and Chris Menges (1940). After him are Lewis Gilbert (1920), Michael Powell (1905), Norman McLaren (1914), Nicolas Roeg (1928), John Glen (1932), and Andrew Birkin (1945).

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Filmography

Pygmalion
Director
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Mar 3rd 19396.985 / 10
The Importance of Being Earnest
Director
Algernon Moncrieff is surprised to discover that his affluent friend -- whom he knows as "Ernest" -- is actually named Jack Worthing. Jack fabricated his alter ego in order to escape his country estate where he takes care of his charge, Cecily Cardew. Cecily believes that Ernest is Jack's wayward brother and is keen on his raffish lifestyle. Algernon, seeing an opportunity, assumes Ernest's identity and sneaks off to woo Cecily.
Jun 2nd 19527.2 / 10
The Browning Version
Director
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.
Apr 6th 19517.6 / 10