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Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer known for his leadership of Ealing Studios in West London from 1938 to 1955. Under his direction, the studio became one of the most important British film studios of the day.
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15 de mai. de 2024 · Sir Michael Balcon was a motion-picture producer and a leader in the British cinema industry. He began his career as a producer in 1922, founded and directed Gainsborough Pictures, Ltd., in 1928, and became the director of production for Gaumont-British Pictures, Ltd., in 1931.
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Michael Balcon started in films as a distributor, then a producer from the early 1920s, helping to launch the career of Alfred Hitchcock. In the 1930s, Balcon was prominent in building up a huge annual production programme of films for both Gainsborough and Gaumont-British. Head of MGM-British, 1936-38, then in charge of production at Ealing.
Ealing Studios head Michael Balcon, 1969 Relatively few comedy films were made at Ealing Studios until several years after World War II. [10] The 1939 film Cheer Boys Cheer , featuring the rivalry between two brewing companies, one big and modernist, the other small and traditional, has been characterised as a prototype of later films.
13 de mai. de 2024 · Balcon, Michael (1896-1977) Executive, Producer Whatever limitations may now be ascribed to the Ealing Studios output of the 1940s and 1950s, it is undeniably at the centre of any account of the British film industry's most prestigious period - and is above all the achievement of Michael Balcon .
Sir Michael Balcon was a British film producer, perhaps best known for his work with Ealing Studios. Michael Elias Balcon was born in Birmingham, the son of Polish tailor Louis Balcon and his Russian wife Laura. He began his career in filmmaking during the 1920s and, together with Victor Saville and John Freedman, he formed Balcon, Freedman & ...
13 de out. de 2017 · Sir Michael Balcon and the Ealing Studios. Local history. 13 October 2017. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the death of the man who was the head of production at Ealing Studios during its greatest years in the middle of the 20th Century.
