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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.
Michael Balcon ( Birmingham, 19 maggio 1896 – Hartfield, 17 ottobre 1977) è stato un produttore cinematografico inglese che realizzò i primi film di Alfred Hitchcock . Indice. 1 Biografia. 1.1 Giovinezza. 1.2 Famiglia. 1.3 Carriera. 2 Filmografia. 3 Onorificenze. 4 Bibliografia. 5 Altri progetti. 6 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia. Giovinezza.
15 mag 2024 · Sir Michael Balcon (born May 19, 1896, Birmingham, Warwick, Eng.—died Oct. 17, 1977, Hartfield, East Sussex) 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 ...
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The film was produced by Ealing Films, Michael Balcon's new company, set up after Rank had sold Ealing Studios in Ealing Green, West London, to the BBC in 1955. Balcon, who had run the company on behalf of Rank since 1944, left Rank in 1956 and set up the new company, striking a distribution and production deal with MGM.
Against the Wind is a black-and-white British film directed by Charles Crichton and produced by Michael Balcon, released through Ealing Studios in 1948. Against the Wind is a World War II sabotage/resistance drama set in occupied Belgium, starring Robert Beatty, Jack Warner and Simone Signoret (in her first English-language film role). Plot [ edit]
BALCON, Michael in "Enciclopedia del Cinema" - Treccani - Treccani. Enciclopedia del Cinema (2003) Balcon, Michael . Riccardo Martelli. Produttore cinematografico inglese, nato a Birmingham il 19 maggio 1896 e morto a Hartfield il 16 ottobre 1977.
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.
