Anthony Asquith

Known for: Directing
Born: November 9, 1902, London, England
Died: February 20, 1968
Movies: 49

Anthony Asquith (9 November 1902 –20 February 1968) was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy (1948) and The Browning Version (1951), among other adaptations. His other notable films include Pygmalion (1938), French Without Tears (1940), The Way to the Stars (1945), and a 1952 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

Best-Known Movies

7.0

Pygmalion

1938

7.2

The Importance of Being Earnest

1952

7.6

The Browning Version

1951

6.2

The V.I.P.s

1963

6.1

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

5.3

The Millionairess

1960

7.2

A Cottage on Dartmoor

1929

6.0

The Way to the Stars

1945

6.3

We Dive at Dawn

1943

7.0

The Winslow Boy

1948

Filmography

1960	Insight: Anthony Asquith
1957	Bernard Shaw	Self
1929	A Cottage on Dartmoor	Bespectacled Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1964	The Yellow Rolls-Royce	Director
1963	An Evening With The Royal Ballet	Director
1963	The V.I.P.s	Director
1962	Guns of Darkness	Director
1961	Two Living, One Dead	Director, Writer
1960	The Millionairess	Director
1959	Libel	Director
1959	The Doctor's Dilemma	Director
1958	Orders to Kill	Director
1956	On Such a Night	Director
1954	Carrington V.C.	Director
1954	The Young Lovers	Director
1953	The Final Test	Director
1953	The Net	Director
1952	The Importance of Being Earnest	Director, Screenplay
1951	The Browning Version	Director
1950	The Woman in Question	Director
1948	The Winslow Boy	Director
1947	While the Sun Shines	Director
1945	The Way to the Stars	Director
1944	Fanny by Gaslight	Director
1944	Two Fathers	Director, Writer
1943	The Demi-Paradise	Director
1943	We Dive at Dawn	Director
1943	A Welcome to Britain	Director
1942	Uncensored	Director
1941	Rush Hour	Director
1941	Cottage to Let	Director
1941	Quiet Wedding	Director
1941	Freedom Radio	Director
1940	Channel Incident	Director
1940	French Without Tears	Director
1938	Pygmalion	Director
1936	The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope	Director
1934	Moscow Nights	Director
1934	Unfinished Symphony	Director
1933	The Lucky Number	Director, Writer
1933	Youth Shall Be Served	Director
1932	Marry Me	Writer
1931	Dance Pretty Lady	Writer, Director
1931	Tell England	Writer, Director
1929	A Cottage on Dartmoor	Director, Writer
1929	The Runaway Princess	Director
1928	Underground	Screenplay, Director
1928	Shooting Stars	Director, Writer
1927	Boadicea	Writer

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