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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
Anthony Simmons has 27 books on Goodreads with 92 ratings. Anthony Simmons’s most popular book is The Optimists of 9 Elms.
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.
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; he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni’s movie Il Grido (1957).
Director, Producer, Writer Anthony Simmons' lengthy filmography may at first appear a bizarre assortment of subjects and genres: he has made feature films and fictional shorts, independent and sponsored documentaries, prime-time dramas and 30-second commercials.
