Independent Artists (company)

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Independent Artists was a British production company of the 1950s and 1960s. It specialised in making second features.Laura Mayne (2017) Whatever happened to the British ‘B’ movie? Micro-budget film-making and the death of the one-hour supporting feature in the early 1960s, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 37:3, 559-576, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2016.1220765

The company was strongest from 1958-63 when Julian Wintle ran it with Leslie Parkyn out of Beaconsfield Film Studios.{{cite web|url=https://60sbritishcinema.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/independent-artists-an-oral-history/|website=British Cinema|date=19 October 2015|title=An Oral History of Independent Artists}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0x9dDwAAQBAJ&q=%22independent+artists%22+wintle&pg=PA131|pages=131–132|title=The British 'B' Film|first1=Steve|last1= Chibnall|first2= Brian|last2= McFarlane|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|date=2017|isbn=9781844575749}}

Their films Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) and Tiger Bay (1959) were BAFTA nominated and BAFTA winning;{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1963/film/british-screenplay|title=BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1960/film|title=Film in 1960 | BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}} while This Sporting Life (1963) was Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-storey-dead-author-sporting-life-was-83-988908|title=David Storey, Author and Screenwriter of 'This Sporting Life,' Dies at 83|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1964/film|title=Film in 1964 | BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}

Filmography

The Dark Man (1951)
The Stranger in Between (1952) aka Hunted - directed by Charles Crichton
Death Goes to School (1953)
Bachelor of Hearts (1958)
Tiger Bay (1959)
Breakout (1959)
Violent Moment (1959) aka Rebound
Deadly Record (1959)
Chance Meeting (1959) aka Blind Date - directed by Joseph Losey
The White Trap (1959)
Devil's Bait (1959)
Never Let Go (1960) -directed by John Guillermin with Richard Todd, Peter Sellers
The Big Day (1960)
October Moth (1960)
The Malpas Mystery (1960)
Linda (1960) - directed by Don Sharp with Carol White
Snowball (1960) - with Denis Waterman
The Professionals (1960) -directed by Don Sharp
The River of Life (1960) (documentary short)
Sea Sanctuary (1960) (documentary short)
Seven Keys (1961) - directed by Pat Jackson
Very Important Person (1961)
House of Mystery (1961)
The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
Echo of Barbara (1961)
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) - directed by John Guillermin with Peter Sellers
Night of the Eagle (1962) aka Burn, Witch, Burn
Crooks Anonymous (1962) - directed by Ken Annakin with Leslie Phillips and Julie Christie
Play It Cool (1962) - directed by Michael Winner with Billy Fury
Our National Heritage: The Living Pattern (1962) (documentary short)
The Fast Lady (1963) - directed by Ken Annakin with Stanley Baxter and Julie Christie
This Sporting Life (1963) - directed by Lindsay Anderson with Richard Harris
The Human Jungle (1963–1964) (TV series)
Unearthly Stranger (1963)
Bitter Harvest (1963) - with Janet Munro
Father Came Too! (1964)
Strictly for the Birds (1964)

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/title?companies=co0103193 Independent Artists] at IMDb

Category:Defunct film and television production companies of the United Kingdom