Castleton Knight,

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(1894–1970) was a British film producer and director. He worked at one point as managing director of

British Gaumont The Gaumont-British Picture Corporation produced and distributed films and operated a cinema chain in the United Kingdom. It was established as an offshoot of the Gaumont Film Company of France. Film production Gaumont-British was founded in 18 ...

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division. He directed several feature films, but worked primarily in

documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in ter ...

. He produced and directed the 1953

Technicolor Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades. Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films running through a special ...

documentary '' A Queen Is Crowned'' about the

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II The coronation of Elizabeth II took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London. She acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and execu ...

.Monk & Sargeant p.82

Selected filmography

Director

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The Plaything ''The Plaything'' is a 1929 British romance film directed by Castleton Knight and starring Estelle Brody, Heather Thatcher and Nigel Barrie. The film was a mixture of silent and sound film as it was released during the transition period follo ...

'' (1929) *''

The Flying Scotsman LNER Class A3 4472 ''Flying Scotsman'' is a 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley. It was employed on long-distance express East Coast ...

'' (1929) *''

The Lady from the Sea ''The Lady from the Sea'' ( no, Fruen fra havet, link=no) is a play written in 1888 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen inspired by the ballad ''Agnete og Havmanden''. The drama introduces the character of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed in ...

'' (1929) *'' Kissing Cup's Race'' (1930) *''

For Freedom For Freedom may refer to: * ''For Freedom'' (1918 film), silent film * ''For Freedom'' (1940 film), British film * ''For Freedom'', EP by Avalon * '' For Frihed'' ("For Freedom"), Danish organisation {{disamb ...

'' (1940)

References

Bibliography

*Monk, Claire & Sargeant, Amy. ''British Historical Cinema: The History, Heritage and Costume Film''. Routledge, 2002.

External links

* 1894 births 1970 deaths Film producers from London Film directors from London Officers of the Order of the British Empire People from Bromley {{UK-film-director-stub