Sidney Gilliat

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Sidney Gilliat 15 February 1908 31 May 1994 was an English film director producer and writer He was born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport Cheshire In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter most notably with Frank Launder on The Lady Vanishes 1938 for Alfred Hitchcock and its sequel Night Train to Munich 1940 directed by Carol Reed He and Launder made their directorial debut codirecting the home front drama Millions Like Us 1943 From 1945 he also worked as a producer starting with The Rakes Progress which he also wrote and directed He and Launder made over 40 films together founding their own production company Individual Pictures While Launder concentrated on directing their comedies most famously the four St Trinians School films Gilliat showed a preference for comedythrillers and dramas including Green for Danger 1946 London Belongs to Me 1948 and State Secret 1950 He wrote the libretto for Malcolm Williamsons opera Our Man in Havana based on the novel by Graham Greene He had also worked on the film He married Beryl Brewer in the early 30s He had two children Joanna Gilliat who is a journalist and is married to Edward Russell a pilot and Caroline Gilliat who was an opera singer and teacher who was married to Anthony Cave Brown journalist He had 3 grand children Amanda Eliasch Toby Brown and Camilla Horn Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Gilliat licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia