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Michael Grigsby

Michael Grigsby

Known for

Directing

Biography

Michael Kenneth Christian Grigsby (7 June 1936 – 12 March 2013) was an English documentary filmmaker.

With a filmography spanning six decades and nearly 30 films, Grigsby occupies a unique position in British documentary filmmaking, having witnessed and commented on many of the dramatic changes in British society (and beyond) from the late 1950s into the next century. As a critic noted, "from Michael Grigsby back to John Grierson runs an unbroken tradition in British documentary-making: a passionate commitment to the poetry of everyday life."

Best known work

Enginemen

Enginemen

1959
Living on the Edge

Living on the Edge

1987
World in Action

World in Action

1963
Red Letter Day

Red Letter Day

1976
We Went to War

We Went to War

2013
Tomorrow's Saturday

Tomorrow's Saturday

1962
A Life Apart: Anxieties in a Trawling Community

A Life Apart: Anxieties in a Trawling Community

1973
The Time of Our Lives

The Time of Our Lives

1994
Right to Work March

Right to Work March

1972
Small Is Beautiful: The Story of the Free Cinema Films Told by Their Makers

Small Is Beautiful: The Story of the Free Cinema Films Told by Their Makers

2006

Filmography

  1. 2013

    We Went to War

    Director

  2. 2006

  3. 1995

  4. 1994

  5. 1990

  6. 1990

    Viewpoint '90TV

    Director

  7. 1987

  8. 1978

  9. 1976

    Bag of Yeast

    Director

  10. 1976

  11. 1976

    Red Letter DayTV

    Director

  12. 1973

  13. 1972

  14. 1970

  15. 1966

    Low Water

    Researcher

  16. 1965

  17. 1963

    World in ActionTV

    Director

  18. 1962

    Tomorrow's Saturday

    Director, Producer, Writer

  19. 1959

    Enginemen

    Director, Writer

  20. 1955

  21. 1953

    Ut Proficias

    Director

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