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Anthony Simmons (16 December 1922 – 22 January 2016) was a British writer and film director. He was associated with, though separate from, the Free Cinema movement; [1] he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni ’s movie Il Grido (1957).
Sep 25, 1997 · director, writer and producer, born 16 December 1922; died 22 January 2016. Simmons was born in West Ham, the fourth of five children – three boys and two girls – to parents of Polish extraction, Miriam (nee Corb) and Joseph Simmons (originally Anzulowsky), from a family of market traders.
Anthony Simmons was born on 16 December 1922 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Four in the Morning (1965), Little Sweetheart (1988) and Black Joy (1977). He was married to Maria St Clare and Sheila Phillips.
- Director, Writer, Producer
- December 16, 1922
- Anthony Simmons
- January 22, 2016
Jan 29, 2016 · Curator Patrick Russell pays tribute to the late British director Anthony Simmons, best known for his features The Optimists of Nine Elms and Black Joy but with an equally rich background in documentary.
I never quite fitted into a niche.’ (in Geisler 1997) As this epigraph quotation indicates, writer-director Anthony Simmons is conscious of his own commercial and critical marginality within the dominant preoccupations and structures of the British film industry.
Jan 22, 2016 · Anthony Simmons is known as an Director, Writer, Screenplay, Actor, Story, Novel, Adaptation, Script, Original Story, and Producer. Some of his work includes The Professionals, The Optimists of Nine Elms, Four in the Morning, Van der Valk, Black Joy, Little Sweetheart, Your Money or Your Wife, and Sunday by the Sea.
Anthony Simmons (16 December 1922 – 22 January 2016) was a British writer and film director. He was associated with, though separate from, the Free Cinema movement; [1] he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni ’s movie Il Grido (1957).
