Anthony Simmons (writer)
| Anthony Simmons | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 16, 1922 |
| Pen name | Tony Simmons |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer, sceenwriter, director |
| Nationality | British |
Anthony "Tony" Simmons (born 16 December 1922 in West Ham, London) is a British writer/film producer. He was associated with, though separate from, the Free Cinema movement;[1] he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni’s movie Il Grido.[2]
Career
Simmons claimed: "I wasn’t aiming to be a film director. I was a lawyer aiming to be a writer. But I felt that if I wrote films it was more immediate. It’s quicker. You haven’t got to spell out the words, you just make the image and tell the story."[3]
His documentary Sunday by the Sea (1951) won the Grand Prix at the Venice Film Festival.[1] Four in the Morning (1965), his second feature film as director, did not gain a circuit release despite winning awards at several international film festivals, and a BAFTA award for Judi Dench as Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles.
For several years Simmons worked in radio and making TV commercials until his next feature The Optimists of Nine Elms (1973) starring Peter Sellers.[4] His 1977 feature movie Black Joy was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.[5] His TV drama On Giant's Shoulders (1979) about Terry Wiles won an Emmy Award.[4]
He also directed episodes for various UK TV series, including The Professionals, Supergran, Inspector Morse, Van Der Valk, A Touch of Frost and C.A.T.S. Eyes.
Filmography
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- Sunday by the Sea – documentary short – director/writer (1951)
- Bow Bells – documentary short – director/writer (1953)
- Passing Stranger – feature – co-writer (1954)
- Time Without Pity – feature – producer (1957)
- Your Money or Your Wife – feature – director (1960)
- Four in the Morning – feature – director/writer (1965)
- The Optimists of Nine Elms – feature – director/co-writer (1973), based on his novel The Optimists of Nine Elms
- Black Joy – feature – director/co-writer (1977)
- Green Ice – feature – co-writer (1981)
- Little Sweetheart – feature – director/writer (1989)
Books written
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References
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External links
- imdb.com credits.
- Filmography on britfilms.com
- Anthony Simmons at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
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