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Thorold Barron Dickinson CBE (16 November 1903 – 14 April 1984) was a British film director, screenwriter, film editor, film producer, and Britain's first university professor of film. Dickinson's work received much praise, with fellow director Martin Scorsese describing him as "a uniquely intelligent, passionate artist... They're not in ...
Thorold Dickinson. Director: Hill 24 Doesn't Answer. Born in Bristol, England, Thorold Dickinson began his film career during the silent era as a writer. He went to work for Ealing in the 1930s, first as an editor and then as a director.
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- Bristol, England, UK
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- London, England, UK
Thorold Dickinson remains a paradoxical figure among Britain's major film directors. Taken overall, his nine features display a degree of visual refinement and intellectual ambition unusual in a director attached to the mainstream British film industry.
Explore the archive of Thorold Dickinson, a versatile and influential British filmmaker, teacher and writer. The collection includes scripts, correspondence, books and periodicals on various aspects of film history and theory.
Find bio, credits and filmography information for Thorold Dickinson on AllMovie - Thorold Dickinson attended Keble College at Oxford, where he staged amateur theatricals. Dickinson…
- November 16, 1903
- April 14, 1984
Lowest Rated: 96% The Queen of Spades (1949) Birthday: Nov 16, 1903. Birthplace: Bristol, England, UK. Noted British cineaste whose reputation was established with the original screen...
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Thorold Dickinson (1903 - 1984) With scarcely more than a handful of films, all different and none major classics, Thorold Dickinson is an unlikely candidate for a cult director. Yet his reputation stands higher than most of his contemporaries and his work continues to inspire.
