Ian Dalrymple

Ian Dalrymple (26 August 1903 – 28 March 1989) was a British screenwriter, film director and producer.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Born at Johannesburg, South Africa, he was educated at Cambridge University. Initially, he worked as an editor at Gaumont-British pictures and Gainsborough Pictures, later turning to screenwriting. During World War II, he was a producer for the Crown Film Unit, the government run agency for information and propaganda films, in particular working, and forming a close friendship, with Humphrey Jennings. Later, Dalrymple worked for MGM-Korda as a producer. He formed Wessex Productions as his own company, making his films at Pinewood Studios.

He died at London, in 1989.

[edit] Filmography

• The Good Companions (1933) - as co-writer
• Jury's Evidence (1935) - as co-writer
• South Riding (1937) - as co-writer
• Storm in a Teacup (1937) - as writer-director
• Action for Slander (1937) - as co-writer
• Pygmalion (1938) - as co-writer
• The Citadel (1938) - as co-writer
• The Divorce of Lady X (1938) - as co-writer
• A Window in London (1939) - as co-writer
• Q Planes (1939) - as co-writer
• French Without Tears (1939) - as co-writer
• London Can Take It! (1940)
• Old Bill & Son (1941) - as co-writer and director
• Pimpernel Smith (1941) - as co-writer
• Target for Tonight (1941) - as producer
• Listen to Britain (1942) - as producer
• Coastal Command (1942) - as producer
• The Woman in the Hall (1947) - as producer and co-writer
• Esther Waters (1947) - as producer and director
• Once a Jolly Swagman (1948) - as producer
• Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) - as producer and co-writer
• All Over Town (1949) - as producer
• Family Portrait (1950) - as producer
• The Wooden Horse (1950) - as producer
• The Heart of the Matter (1953) - as producer and co-writer
• Three Cases of Murder (1954) - as producer and co-writer
• Raising a Riot (1955) - as producer and co-writer
• A Hill in Korea (1956) - as co-writer
• The Admirable Crichton (1957) - as producer
• A Cry from the Street (1958) - as Producer
• Mix Me a Person (1961) - as co-writer

[edit] References

• Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies - published by Harper-Collins ISBN 0-06-093507-3
• Chronical of the Cinema published by D & K - ISBN 0-7894-2249-2

[edit] External links

• Ian Dalrymple biography and credits at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
• Ian Dalrymple at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Benjamin Glazer (1928) · Hanns Kräly (1929) · Joseph Farnham, Martin Flavin, Frances Marion and Lennox Robinson (1930) · Howard Estabrook (1931) · Edwin J. Burke (1932) · Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason (1933) · Robert Riskin (1934) · Dudley Nichols (1935) · Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney (1936) · Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg and Norman Raine (1937) · Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb and George Bernard Shaw (1938) · Sidney Howard (1939) · Donald Ogden Stewart (1940) Complete List · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–present)

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NAME	Dalrymple, Ian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	British screenwriter, film director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH	26 August 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Johannesburg, South Africa
DATE OF DEATH	28 March 1989
PLACE OF DEATH	London, England