Portrait of Basil Wright

Directing

Basil Wright

Career

Active from 1932 to 1958, with a break from 1940 to 1950, busiest in 1937 and 1938 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Song of Ceylon
The Song of Ceylon
GoodWatch score70/100

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Educational 2
  • Historical Insight 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

5 titles
The Immortal Land
The Immortal Land (1958)

Director, Producer

One Wish Too Many
One Wish Too Many (1956)

Producer

World Without End
World Without End (1953)

Director

The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci (1953)

Producer

Waters of Time
Waters of Time (1951)

Director

1940s

10 titles · average score 67
A Defeated People
A Defeated People (1946)

Producer

It Might Be You
It Might Be You (1946)

Producer

A Diary for Timothy
A Diary for Timothy (1945)
GoodWatch score 66

Producer

The Channel Islands 1940-1945
The Channel Islands 1940-1945 (1945)

Producer

Neuro Psychiatry 1943
Neuro Psychiatry 1943 (1943)

Producer

London Scrapbook
London Scrapbook (1942)

Producer

This Is Colour
This Is Colour (1942)

Producer

The Green Girdle
The Green Girdle (1941)

Producer

London Can Take It!
London Can Take It! (1940)
GoodWatch score 68

Associate Producer

Men of Africa
Men of Africa (1940)

Producer

1930s

14 titles · average score 66
The Rape of Czechoslovakia
The Rape of Czechoslovakia (1939)

Writer

The Londoners
The Londoners (1939)

Associate Producer

Night Mail
Night Mail (1938)
GoodWatch score 65

Producer, Director

The Face of Scotland
The Face of Scotland (1938)

Director

Children at School
Children at School (1937)

Director

Coal Face
Coal Face (1935)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

The Song of Ceylon
The Song of Ceylon (1934)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Editor

Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs
Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (1934)

as Vicar (uncredited)

The Country Comes to Town
The Country Comes to Town (1933)

Director, Director of Photography

O'er Hill and Dale
O'er Hill and Dale (1932)

Director, Cinematography

Industrial Britain
Industrial Britain (1931)

Additional Photography

Conquest
Conquest (1930)

Editor