Sidney Gilliat

Writer · Born 15 February 1908 in Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK · Died 31 May 1994 · 22 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

12 of Sidney Gilliat’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 10 on Netflix, 2 on Prime Video and 1 on Cineasterna. Highest rated available: The Lady Vanishes (1938) ★ 7.7.

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Sidney Gilliat (15 February 1908 – 31 May 1994) was an English film director, producer and writer.

He was born in the district of Edgeley in Stockport, Cheshire. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with Frank Launder on The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and its sequel Night Train to Munich (1940), directed by Carol Reed. He and Launder made their directorial debut co-directing the home front drama Millions Like Us (1943). From 1945 he also worked as a producer, starting with The Rake's Progress, which he also wrote and directed. He and Launder made over 40 films together, founding their own production company Individual Pictures. While Launder concentrated on directing their comedies, most famously the four St Trinian's School films, Gilliat showed a preference for comedy-thrillers and dramas, including Green for Danger (1946), London Belongs to Me (1948) and State Secret (1950).

He wrote the libretto for Malcolm Williamson's opera Our Man in Havana, based on the novel by Graham Greene. He had also worked on the film.

He married Beryl Brewer in the early 30s. He had two children: Joanna Gilliat, who is a journalist and is married to Edward Russell, a pilot and Caroline Gilliat, who was an opera singer and teacher, who was married to Anthony Cave Brown (journalist). He had 3 grand children, Amanda Eliasch, Toby Brown and Camilla Horn.

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Directing

• Only Two Can Play (1962)
• State Secret (1950)
• The Constant Husband (1955)
• Left Right and Centre (1959)

Writing

• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
• Jamaica Inn (1939)
• The Belles of St Trinian's (1954)
• State Secret (1950)
• The Constant Husband (1955)
• Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)
• Left Right and Centre (1959)
• The Green Man (1956)
• Geordie (1955)

Producing

• The Belles of St Trinian's (1954)
• State Secret (1950)
• Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
• The Constant Husband (1955)
• Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)
• Left Right and Centre (1959)
• The Green Man (1956)
• Folly to Be Wise (1952)
• Geordie (1955)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Green for Danger (1946)
• Night Train to Munich (1940)
• Endless Night (1972)
• The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
• The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
• The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
• I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
• Rome Express (1932)
• Ask a Policeman (1939)
• The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
• Waterloo Road (1945)
• The Blue Lagoon (1949)