Anson Dyer
{{Short description|British film director and screenwriter (1876–1962)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Anson Dyer
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| birth_name = Ernest J. Anson Dyer
| birth_date = {{birth-date|18 July 1876}}
| birth_place = Brighton, United Kingdom
| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|2|22|1876|2|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Cheltenham, United Kingdom
| occupation = Animator
}}
Anson Dyer, born Ernest J. Anson Dyer (Brighton, 18 July 1876 – Cheltenham, 22 February 1962), was an English director, screenwriter, animator, and actor. His company Stratford Abbey Films, based in Stroud, was the only Technicolor production unit and three-colour camera in the whole of Western Europe in the 1940s.{{Cite web |last=Pingitore |first=Silvia |date=2022-04-16 |title=La Rosa di Bagdad vs Cinderella, cartoon mystery & similarities: was Walt Disney inspired by an Italian movie you never heard of? |url=https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/la-rosa-di-bagdad-the-singing-princess-film-interview/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=the-shortlisted.co.uk |language=en-GB}}
Filmography
The following filmography, based on the Internet Movie Database, is incomplete.
=Director=
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- Peter's Picture Poems (1917)
- Old King Koal (1917)
- Three Little Pigs (1918)
- Oh'phelia or Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque (1919)
- Romeo and Juliet (1919)
- The Merchant of Venice (1919)
- 'Amlet (1919)
- Othello (1920)
- Dollars in Surrey, co-directed by George Dewhurst (1921)
- Little Red Riding Hood (1922)
- A Day in Liverpool (1929)
- The Story of the Port of London (1932)
- Drummed Out
- Sam and His Musket
- Beat the Retreat
- Carmen (1936)
- Sam's Medal
- Halt, Who Goes There?
- The Lion and Albert
- Three Ha'pence a Foot
- Gunner Sam
- As Old as the Hills
- Fowl Play (1950)
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=Writer=
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- Peter's Picture Poems, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
- Old King Koal, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
- Oh'phelia or Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
- Romeo and Juliet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
- The Merchant of Venice, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
- 'Amlet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
- Othello, directed by Anson Dyer (1920)
- The Story of the Port of London, directed by Anson Dyer (1932)
- Flood Tide, directed by John Baxter (1934)
- Carmen, directed by Anson Dyer (1936)
- The Vicar of Bray, directed by Henry Edwards (1937)
- The Second Mate, directed by John Baxter (1950)
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=Animator=
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- The Story of the Port of London, directed by Anson Dyer (1932)
- Peter's Picture Poems, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
- Old King Koal, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
- Oh'phelia or Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
- Romeo and Juliet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
- The Merchant of Venice, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
- 'Amlet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
- Othello, directed by Anson Dyer (1920)
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=Animation Shorts (Gaumont-British News)=
- The British Lion Awakes, directed by Anson Dyer (1939)
- Hitler On His Front Line, directed by Anson Dyer (1939)
- Hitler's Peace Pudding, directed by Anson Dyer (1939)
- Hitler Dances To Stalin's Tune, directed by Anson Dyer (1939)
- Run, Adolf, Run, directed by Anson Dyer (1940)
=Director of photography=
- Peter's Picture Poems, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
=Actor=
- Old King Koal, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
References
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== External links ==
- {{IMDb name|0245684}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161031120916/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f0471d4 Anson Dyer] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
- {{Screenonline name|465215}}
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Category:British animated film directors
Category:British animated film producers