John Grierson (1898 - 1972)

Scottish documentary maker.

* April 26, 1898 Deanston, Stirling, Scotland
 February 19, 1972 Bath, Somerset, England


Books on John Grierson

Ian Aitken
Film and reform, John Grierson and the documentary film movement
London; New York, 1990

Forsyth Hardy (ed.)
Grierson on the movies
London; Boston, 1981

Forsyth Hardy
John Grierson, A Documentary Biography
1979

Forsyth Hardy (ed.)
Grierson on documentary
New York, [1947]

Books with substantial mentioning of John Grierson

John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume I
New York, NY, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Thirties Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Thirties
London, 1983

Books with an entry on John Grierson

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Films

1929
Drifters

1934
Granton Trawler
The Song of Ceylon

1936
Night Mail

1952
Brandy for the Parson
Miss Robin Hood
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Judgment Deferred

1953
Laxdale Hall

1954
Child's Play

1965
Hitchcock on Grierson

2000
Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment

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