Background
Anderson, Lindsay was born on April 17, 1923 in Bangalore, S. India. Son of Major-General A. V. Anderson and Mistress Estelle Bell Sleigh.
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Lindsay Gordon Gordon Anderson
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Saint Ronan"s School, Cheltenham College, and Wadham College, Oxford.
Career
Wakefield Express 1953, Thursday"s Children (with Guy Brenton) 1954, O Dreamland 1954, Every Day Except Christmas 1957, This Sporting Life 1963, The White Business 1965/66, Raz, Dwa, Trzy (The Singing Lesson) for Documentary Studio, Warsaw 1967, If. 1968, O Lucky Manitoba! 1973, In Celebration 1974, Britannia Hospital 1982, If You Were There. 1985, The Whales of August 1987, Glory! Glory! 1989. Stage productions: The Long and the Short and the Tall 1959, Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance 1959, The Lily White Boys 1960, Billy Liar 1960, The Fire Raisers 1961, The Diary of a Madman 1963, Andorra 1964, Julius Caesar 1964, The Cherry Orchard 1966; directed Polish production of Inadmissible Evidence (Nie Do Obrony), Teatr Wspolczesny, Warsaw 1966; In Celebration 1969, The Contractor 1969, Home (London and Broadway) 1970, The Changing Room 1971, The Farm 1973, Life Class 1974, What the Butler Saw 1975, The Seagull 1975, The Bed before Yesterday 1975, The Kingfisher 1977, Alice’s Boys 1978, Early Days 1980, Hamlet 1981, The Holly and the Ivy 1982, The Cherry Orchard 1983, The Playboy of the Western World 1985, In Celebration (New York) 1985, Hamlet (Washington, District of Columbia) 1986, Holiday 1987, The March on Russia 1989; television debut The Old Crowd 1979. Public/icatioTis: Making a Film 1962, About John Ford 1981.Director films: (documentaries) Meet the Pioneers, 1948,O Dreamland, (with Guy Brenton) Thursday"s Children, Everyday ExceptChristmas, Raz Dwa Trzy, If You Were There. Director theatrical productions include The Long and The Short and the Tall, SergeantMusgraves Dance, The Fire Raisers, Billy Liar, In Celebration, The Contractor, Home, The Changing Room, The Farm, Early Days, The Cherry Orchard, The Sea Gull, The Bed Before Yesterday, What the Butler Saw, Hamlet, The Playboy of the Western World, Holiday, The March on Russia, The Fishing Trip, Stages. Director for television include The Old Crowd, 1979, Glory] Glory], 1989.
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Institute Festivals Delhi 1965, Venice 1966, President, of Jury, Delhi 1983.
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British
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Recipient Academy award for Thursday"s Children, 1953, Venice Grand prix for Every Day Except Christmas, 1957, Grandprix Cannes International Film Festival for If., 1969, Special Jury prize Florence Festival, 1991, Grand prix Uppsala Documentary Festival for Is That All There Is?, 1992. Performances in films and television includeThe Parachute, 1967, Chariots of Fire, 1982, Prisoners of Honor, 1991.Recipient Academy award for Thursday"s Children, 1953, Venice Grand prix for Every Day Except Christmas, 1957, Grandprix Cannes International Film Festival for If., 1969, Special Jury prize Florence Festival, 1991, Grand prix Uppsala Documentary Festival for Is That All There Is?, 1992. Performances in films and television includeThe Parachute, 1967, Chariots of Fire, 1982, Prisoners of Honor, 1991.