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Antony Balch (10 September 1937 – 6 April 1980) was an English film director and distributor, best known for his screen collaborations with Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs in the 1960s and for the 1970s horror film, Horror Hospital.
A legendary figure in British film distribution of the 1960s and 1970s, Antony Balch was renowned for buying up European art/exploitation films and giving them catchy new English titles ("Weird Weirdo", "Don't Deliver Us From Evil"), as well as being responsible for the legendary sound version of Benjamin Christensen's silent documentary ...
Feb 24, 2011 · Antony Balch - The Cut-Ups. morrinn. 83 subscribers. Subscribed. 299. 21K views 13 years ago. 1966, UK, 18' 45", Black & White Cinematography: Antony Balch Screenplay: William S. Burroughs...
Antony Balch (1937-1980) was a British film director and distributor, best known for his screen collaborations with Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs in the 1960s and the 1970s horror film, Horror Hospital.
Jan 12, 2010 · William Burroughs met filmmaker Antony Balch in 1962 at the Beat Hotel. Balch made the very Grade-B movies that Burroughs felt create a space between, which provided a modicum of Lebensraum in a Puritan society. Today, Balch is best known for his film collaborations with Burroughs, like Towers Open Fire or William Buys a Parrot.
Anthony Balch was born in 1937, and died in 1980. A commercial film distributor and cinema owner, Balch handled an eclectic mix of art cinema and sexploitation films. He collaborated with William Burroughs on several released short films and private film experiments.
Critic Tony Raynes remembered a ‘lively, interesting, engaged, vigorous’ man who ‘threw a hell of a party’. An extraordinary figure of 1960s-70s British film, Antony Balch was a true original. His love of cinema was infectious and he worked across nearly all the different areas of the business.
