Basil Wright

Career Overview

Basil Wright has 39 screen credits in a career dating back to 1929. Signature works include The Immortal Land, World Without End, Waters of Time. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

39

Birth Date

1907-06-12 00:00:00

Birth Place

Frieth, Buckinghamshire, England

Known For

• The Immortal Land
• World Without End
• Waters of Time
• 

  Night Mail
• 

  The Face of Scotland
• Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children

Frequent Collaborators

• John Grierson (2 collaborations)
• Leo Genn (1 collaborations)
• John Gielgud (1 collaborations)
• Michael Redgrave (1 collaborations)
• Katina Paxinou (1 collaborations)
• Alex Minotis (1 collaborations)
• Stuart Legg (1 collaborations)
• Robert Rae (1 collaborations)
• John Laurie (1 collaborations)
• E. V. H. Emmett (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (4 credits)

  • Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Grierson

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs

    Vicar (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Every Day

    actor

    actors
    1929

• directing (10 credits)

  • The Immortal Land

    director

    directing
    1958
  • World Without End

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Waters of Time

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Night Mail

    director

    directing
    1938
  • The Face of Scotland

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Modern Orphans of the Storm: The Story of the Refugee Basque Children

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Children at School

    director

    directing
    1937
  • The Song of Ceylon

    director

    directing
    1934
  • The Country Comes to Town

    director

    directing
    1933
  • O'er Hill and Dale

    director

    directing
    1932

• production (16 credits)

  • The Immortal Land

    producer

    production
    1958
  • One Wish Too Many

    producer

    production
    1956
  • The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

    producer

    production
    1953
  • It Might Be You

    producer

    production
    1946
  • A Defeated People

    producer

    production
    1946
  • A Diary for Timothy

    producer

    production
    1945
  • The Channel Islands 1940-1945

    producer

    production
    1945
  • Neuro Psychiatry 1943

    producer

    production
    1943
  • London Scrapbook

    producer

    production
    1942
  • This Is Colour

    producer

    production
    1942
  • The Green Girdle

    producer

    production
    1941
  • London Can Take It!

    associate producer

    production
    1940
  • Men of Africa

    producer

    production
    1940
  • The Londoners

    associate producer

    production
    1939
  • Advance Democracy!

    producer

    production
    1938
  • Rainbow Dance

    producer

    production
    1936

• writing (1 credits)

  • The Rape of Czechoslovakia

    writer

    writing
    1939

• editing (3 credits)

  • Night Mail

    editor

    editing
    1938
  • The Song of Ceylon

    editor

    editing
    1934
  • Conquest

    editor

    editing
    1930

• camera (4 credits)

  • Coal Face

    director of photography

    camera
    1935
  • The Song of Ceylon

    director of photography

    camera
    1934
  • The Country Comes to Town

    director of photography

    camera
    1933
  • Industrial Britain

    additional photography

    camera
    1931

• crew (1 credits)

  • O'er Hill and Dale

    cinematography

    crew
    1932