Basil Wright

Basil Wright, (June 12, 1907, Sutton, Surrey - 14 October, 1987, Frieth, Buckinghamshire, England), was an English documentary film-maker, film historian, film critic and teacher. He was a key figure in the British documentary film movement and the first recruit to join John Grierson at the Empire Marketing Board's film unit early in 1930.

Filmography

• Conquest (1930)
• The Country Comes To Town
• O'er Hill and Dale
• Liner Cruising South
• Cargo From Jamaica
• Windmill in Barbados
• Song of Ceylon
• Children at School
• World Without End
• The Stained Glass at Fairford
• A Place For Gold

References

• 'The Long View: An International History of Cinema', Secker & Warburg, London, 1974.

External links

• Bfi's Screenonline entry for Basil Wright

See also

• Edgar Anstey
• Alberto Cavalcanti
• John Grierson
• Robert Flaherty
• Humphrey Jennings
• Paul Rotha
• Harry Watt