Edgar Anstey
Film director
1907 – 1987
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Who was Edgar Anstey?
Edgar Anstey OBE, was a leading British documentary film-maker.
Anstey was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys and Birkbeck College. He spent a few years as a civil servant before starting in 1930 at The Empire Marketing Board's film unit, under the direction of John Grierson. In 1949 he joined the British Transport Films unit, which he headed until 1974.
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- Born
- Feb 16, 1907
Watford - Also known as
- Harold MacFarlane Anstley
- E.H. Anstey
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Birkbeck, University of London
- Watford Grammar School for Boys
- Died
- Sep 26, 1987
London
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on July 23, 2013
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