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Basil Wright
Born June 12, 1907 Died October 14, 1987 (Age 80)Frieth, Buckinghamshire, England40 Credits
Basil Wright was a documentary filmmaker, film historian, film critic and teacher. During World War II, Wright worked only as a producer, first at John Grierson's Film Centre before joining The Crown Film Unit between 1945 and 1946 as producer-in-charge. Among the best known films he produced for Crown are Humphrey Jennings' A Diary for Timothy (1946) and A Defeated People (1946) and Instruments of the Orchestra (19…
