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Basil Wright

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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] Returning to direction in the early 1950s, his films included Waters of Time (1951) made for the…

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The Immortal Land ★ 10.0 The Immortal Land 1958 One Wish Too Many ★ 9.0 One Wish Too Many 1956 The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci 1953 World Without End World Without End 1953 Waters of Time Waters of Time 1951 It Might Be You It Might Be You 1946 A Defeated People ★ 6.3 A Defeated People 1946 A Diary for Timothy ★ 6.8 A Diary for Timothy 1945 The Channel Islands 1940-1945 ★ 4.0 The Channel Islands 1940-1945 1945 Neuro Psychiatry 1943 Neuro Psychiatry 1943 1943 London Scrapbook ★ 6.5 London Scrapbook 1942 This Is Colour ★ 7.0 This Is Colour 1942 The Green Girdle ★ 10.0 The Green Girdle 1941 London Can Take It! ★ 6.7 London Can Take It! 1940 Men of Africa Men of Africa 1940 The Rape of Czechoslovakia ★ 7.0 The Rape of Czechoslovakia 1939 The Face of Scotland ★ 7.0 The Face of Scotland 1938 Advance Democracy! Advance Democracy! 1938 Children at School Children at School 1937 Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children 1937 Rainbow Dance ★ 6.3 Rainbow Dance 1936 Night Mail ★ 6.2 Night Mail 1936 Coal Face ★ 6.3 Coal Face 1935 The Song of Ceylon ★ 6.3 The Song of Ceylon 1934 Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs ★ 5.8 Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs 1934 The Country Comes to Town The Country Comes to Town 1933 O'er Hill and Dale O'er Hill and Dale 1932 Industrial Britain ★ 5.6 Industrial Britain 1931 Conquest Conquest 1930 Every Day ★ 6.9 Every Day 1929