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Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave.
Lindsay Anderson. Director: If..... Lindsay was born in Bangalore, India but educated in England at Cheltenham College and Wadham College, Oxford where he was a classical scholar. He then spent 3 years war time service in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
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Lindsay Anderson, British critic and film and stage director who was a member of the Free Cinema and Angry Young Men movements. His first feature-length motion picture, This Sporting Life, is a classic of the British social realist cinema of the 1960s. Learn more about Anderson’s life and career.
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Aug 30, 2022 · Lindsay Anderson is regarded as one of the most important pioneers of the British New Wave. Known for his culturally important works such as If…, Anderson introduced bold ideas to the framework of British cinema and was a major artistic voice during the development of the Free Cinema movement in the country.
May 3, 2024 · As a child, Lindsay Anderson pinned a note to the wall of his private school. It consisted of just two words: “I rebel.” For some, this anecdote reads as a heroic origin story, an early...
Sep 3, 2004 · Ten years after Lindsay Anderson's death, Malcolm McDowell explains why he can't let go of the director who changed his life.
Lindsay Anderson remains a unique figure in British culture. He stands for an attitude to art and life that is committed, personal and socially engaged. He made some of the most remarkable films in the history of the British cinema, and was one of this country's leading theatre directors.
