Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Anderson (1923–1994) was a leading light of the Free Cinema movement. He began work as a documentary filmmaker which refined his talent as an observer and his sensibility towards social issues. He studied at Oxford University and, in addition to completing such titles as Wakefield Express (1952), O Dreamland (1953) and Thursday's Children (1954), he cofounded the film magazine Sequence, which played a huge role in shaping the Free Cinema movement.

He debuted with This Sporting Life (1963), which in no way indicated that his future directorial and screenwriting efforts would take the form of sarcastic critiques of society, culminating in the trilogy If.... (1968, Palme d'Or at Cannes), O Lucky Man! (1973) and Britannia Hospital (1982). Other films include In Celebration (1974), Look Back in Anger (1980), and The Whales of August (1987). Three of his films involved the collaboration of Czech cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček.

MFF Karlovy Vary