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Lindsay Anderson
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Lindsay Gordon Anderson
17 April 1923 |
| Died | 30 August 1994 (aged 71) Angoulême, France
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| Education | Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1948–1993 |
Lindsay Gordon Anderson (born April 17, 1923 – died August 30, 1994) was a famous British film director. He made movies for cinemas, plays for the theatre, and documentary films. He was also a film critic, meaning he wrote reviews and opinions about movies.
Anderson was a key person in two important film movements: Free Cinema and the British New Wave. He is best known for his 1968 film if..... This movie won the top prize, the Palme d'Or, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1969. It was also the first big movie role for actor Malcolm McDowell. Anderson also had a small acting part in the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire in 1981.
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Growing Up
Lindsay Gordon Anderson was born in Bangalore, South India, on April 17, 1923. His father, Alexander Vass Anderson, was a British Army officer. His mother, Estelle Bell Gasson, was from South Africa.
Lindsay's parents separated when he was young. His mother took him and his older brother, Murray, back to England.
Both Lindsay and Murray went to Saint Ronan's School and Cheltenham College. At Cheltenham, Lindsay met Gavin Lambert, who became his lifelong friend and later wrote a book about him. In 1942, Lindsay won a scholarship to study classical subjects at Wadham College, Oxford at the University of Oxford.
Lindsay served in the Army from 1943 to 1946. He worked as a