Paul Rotha(1907-1984)

Producer
Director
Writer

Paul Rotha was born on 3 June 1907 in London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The World Is Rich (1947), De overval (1962) and Sans foyer (1951). He died on 7 March 1984 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

Known for

The World Is Rich

6.5

Producer

1947

De overval

7.0

Director

1962

Sans foyer

5.9

Director

1951

Cat & Mouse

5.6

Producer

1958

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Producer

Cat & Mouse
5.6
- producer
- 1958
The Balance
6.3
Short
- producer
- 1947
A City Speaks
6.5
- producer
- 1947
The World Is Rich
6.5
- producer
- 1947
Total War in Britain
Short
- producer
- 1946
Land of Promise
7.3
- producer
- 1946
Worker and War-Front Magazine Issue No. 18
Short
- producer
- 1945
Britain Can Make It, No. 1
6.2
Short
- producer
- 1945
New Builders
Short
- producer (uncredited)
- 1944
Children of the City
6.3
Short
- producer
- 1944
Defeat Tuberculosis
Short
- associate producer
- 1943
Worker and Warfront No. 8
Short
- producer
- 1943
World of Plenty
Short
- producer
- 1943
Worker and War-Front No. 3
Short
- producer (uncredited)
- 1942
The Great Harvest
Short
- producer
- 1942

Director

De overval
7.0
- Director
- 1962
Cradle of Genius
6.5
Short
- Director
- 1961
La vie d'Adolf Hitler
7.2
- Director
- 1961
Cat & Mouse
5.6
- Director
- 1958
Sans foyer
5.9
- Director
- 1951
The Balance
6.3
Short
- Director
- 1947
History of Writing
Short
- Director
- 1947
A City Speaks
6.5
- Director
- 1947
The World Is Rich
6.5
- Director
- 1947
Total War in Britain
Short
- Director
- 1946
Land of Promise
7.3
- Director
- 1946
World of Plenty
Short
- Director
- 1943
The Fourth Estate: A Film of a British Newspaper
- Director
- 1940
Island People
5.5
Short
- Director (uncredited)
- 1940
Eastern Valley
6.5
Short
- Director
- 1937

Writer

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Born
- June 3, 1907
- London, England, UK
Died
- March 7, 1984
- Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Other works
Biography (w/Jay Ruby): "Robert J. Flaherty: A Biography".
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Trivia
Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1958

Quotes
It seems that if one can make a picture so dreary, so dull and so depressing that it defeats criticism, then one will be hailed as a genius.

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