Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Anderson
Born	Lindsay Gordon Anderson (1923-04-17)17 April 1923 Bangalore, British India
Died	30 August 1994(1994-08-30) (aged 71) France
Cause of death	heart attack
Occupation	Director
Years active	1948–1993

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)

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• 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

Year	Title	Notes
1963	This Sporting Life	Nominated—Palme d'Or
1967	The White Bus	Short film, also producer
1968	if....	Also producer Palme d'Or Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Direction
1973	O Lucky Man!	Also producer Nominated—Palme d'Or
1975	In Celebration
1982	Britannia Hospital	Fantasporto Audience Jury Award Nominated—Palme d'Or Nominated—Gold Hugo
1986	Wham! in China: Foreign Skies	Documentary
1987	The Whales of August
1992	Is That All There Is?	Mockumentary; also writer

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1956–1957	The Adventures of Robin Hood	5 episodes
1972	Play for Today	Episode: "Home"
1979	The Old Crowd	Television film
1980	Look Back in Anger	Television film
1986	Free Cinema	Television documentary
1987	Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow	Documentary (Narrator)
1989	Glory! Glory!	Television film

Documentary short films

Year	Title
1948	Meet the Pioneers
1949	Idlers that Work
1952	Trunk Conveyor
1952	Three Installations
1954	Thursday's Children
1955	The Children Upstairs
1955	Henry
1955	Green and Pleasant Land
1955	Foot and Mouth
1955	Energy First
1955	A Hundred Thousand Children
1955	£20 a Ton
1956	O Dreamland
1957	Wakefield Express
1957	Every Day Except Christmas
1959	March to Aldermaston
1967	The Singing Lesson

Acting

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	O Lucky Man!	Film Director	Uncredited
1986	Inadmissible Evidence	Barrister
1981	Chariots of Fire	Master of Caius
1991	Prisoner of Honor	War Minister	Television film
1992	Blame It on the Bellboy	Mr. Marshall	Voice