Edgar AnsteyOBE (16 February 1907 – 26 September 1987),[1] was a leadingBritish documentaryfilmmaker.
Anstey was born inWatford,Hertfordshire,England in 1907,[1] and was educated atWatford Grammar School for Boys andBirkbeck College.
He spent a few years as a civil servant before starting in 1930 at TheEmpire Marketing Board's film unit, under the direction ofJohn Grierson.[2]
He was the uncredited co-director of the "seminal 1935 'social problem' film"Housing Problems.[3][2] In 1949, he joined theBritish Transport Films unit, which he headed until 1974.[4] He also served on the Board of Governors of theBritish Film Institute.[5]
As a producer he was twice-nominated for anAcademy Award, forBest Documentary Short Subject in 1964 forThirty Million Letters andBest Short Subject, Live Action forSnow in 1966[6][7]
Anstey died inLondon,England in 1987.
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