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Jill Craigie

Jill Craigie

Known for

Writing

Born

March 7, 1911

Birthplace

Fulham, London, England

Died

December 13, 1999 (aged 88)

Biography

Jill Craigie was an English documentary film director, screenwriter, socialist and feminist. Born to a Russian mother and a Scottish father, she was married to the Labour Party politician Michael Foot, whom she met during the making of her film The Way We Live.

Best known work

The Million Pound Note

The Million Pound Note

1954
Windom's Way

Windom's Way

1957
The Flemish Farm

The Flemish Farm

1943
Blue Scar

Blue Scar

1949
The Way We Live

The Way We Live

1946
Make-Up

Make-Up

1937
Independent Miss Craigie

Independent Miss Craigie

2020
To Be a Woman

To Be a Woman

1951
Out of Chaos

Out of Chaos

1944
Two Hours from London

Two Hours from London

1995

Filmography

  1. 2020

    Independent Miss Craigie

    as Herself (Archive Footage)

  2. 1997

  3. 1995

    Two Hours from London

    Director, Writer

  4. 1986

    Fifties Features - The Women behind the PicturesTV
  5. 1957

    Windom's Way

    Screenplay

  6. 1954

  7. 1951

    To Be a Woman

    Director, Producer, Writer

  8. 1949

    Blue Scar

    Director, Writer

  9. 1948

    Children of the Ruins

    as Narrator, Writer, Director

  10. 1946

    The Way We Live

    Director, Writer, Producer

  11. 1944

    Out of Chaos

    Director, Writer

  12. 1943

  13. 1937

    Make-Up

    as Tania

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