Anthony Pelissier(1912-1988)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
London-born Anthony Pelissier was the son of actress
Fay Compton and producer
H.G. Pelissier. He became an actor in
the 1930s, but soon realized that he was more inclined to making films
than appearing in them. In 1937 he got his first screenwriting credit,
and remained in that field until his directorial debut in 1949. Though
his career as a director was short--only five years--his films were
adaptations of some of the most renowned works in British literature:
The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
by H.G. Wells,
The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)
by D.H. Lawrence, and
Encore (1951) by
W. Somerset Maugham. His final film
was Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953), a
sly satire on television. He later went to work as the head of
experimental production at the BBC.
