Ensiklopedia Dunia

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

Gilbert Gunn - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gilbert Gunn
Born	(1905-03-24)24 March 1905
Died	6 December 1967(1967-12-06) (aged 62)
Years active	1930s–1965

Gilbert Gunn (24 March 1905^[1] – 6 December 1967)^[2] was a British screenwriter and film director.^[3]

Career

Gunn worked as a playwright and theatrical producer in the 1930s, and then joined the Associated British Picture Corporation as screenwriter. In the 1940s he directed over 50 short documentaries for organisations including the Ministry of Information, the Central Office of Information and the British Council.^[4]

Filmography

Screenwriter

Save a Little Sunshine (1938)
Me and My Pal (1939)
The Door with Seven Locks (1940) a.k.a. Chamber of Horrors
Landfall (1949)

Director, short documentaries (partial list)

Royal Observer Corps (1941)^[5]
Birth of a Tank (1942)^[6]
The Owner Goes Aloft (1942)^[7]
Is Your Journey Really Necessary? (1942)^[8]
Women Away From Home (1942)^[9]
Doing Without (1943)^[10]
Firewatch Dog (1943)^[11]
Canteen Command (1943)^[12]
Order of Lenin (1943)
Tyneside Story (1943)^[13]
Out Working (1944)^[14]
The Star and the Sand (1945)^[15]
Routine Job: A Story of Scotland Yard (1946)^[16]
Country Policeman (1946)^[17]
Return to Action (1947)^[18]
The Centuries Between (1949)^[19]
Beethoven or Boogie (1949)^[20]

Director, features

Elstree Story (1952), also screenplay
Valley of Song (1953)
The Good Beginning (1953)
My Wife's Family (1956), also co-writer
The Mark of the Hawk (1957), assistant director^[21]
Girls at Sea (1958)
The Strange World of Planet X (1958)
Operation Bullshine (1959), also co-writer
What a Whopper (1961)
Wings of Mystery (1963), also co-writer

Director, short instructional films

Golf For All (1965, 7 films)^[22]

Actor

The Farmer's Wife (1941) as pub pianist

Television

The Young Detectives (1963, 8 episodes)

References

^ "Remembering Gilbert Gunn". Art & Hue. 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "Gilbert Gunn". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
^ "Gilbert Gunn". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
^ McFarlane, Brian (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 316. ISBN 9780719091391.
^ "Royal Observer Corps". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Birth of a Tank". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "The Owner Goes Aloft". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Is Your Journey Really Necessary?". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Women Away From Home". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Doing Without". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Firewatch Dog". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Canteen Command". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Tyneside story". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Out Working". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "The Star and the Sand". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Routine Job". British Council – Film. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Country Policeman". National Library of Scotland – Moving Image Archive. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Return to Action". British Film Institute BFI Player. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ ""The Centuries Between": Gas to the Cotswolds, Evesham Journal". Chipping Campden History Society. 24 May 1947. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Beethoven or Boogie". Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "The Mark of the Hawk". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "Filmography. GUNN, Gilbert". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009.

External links

Gilbert Gunn at IMDb

This article about a British film director is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Categories:

Hidden categories: