Charles Crichton

from Merseyside, England, UK

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Biography

Charles Ainslie Crichton was an English film director and film editor. He became best known for directing comedies produced at Ealing Studios. Crichton enjoyed an extremely long career, editing and directing many films and television programmes over a period exceeding forty years.

Timeline

1986Aged 76

  • Poster for Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

    Self

  • Poster for Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios

    Interviewee

1982Aged 72

  • Poster for Cosmic Princess

    Director

1980Aged 70

  • Poster for Alien Attack

    Director

1975Aged 65

  • Poster for Into Infinity

    Director

1970Aged 60

  • Poster for The Ealing Comedies

    Self

1965Aged 55

  • Poster for He Who Rides a Tiger

    Director

1964Aged 54

  • Poster for The Third Secret

    Director

1960Aged 50

  • Poster for The Battle of the Sexes

    Director

  • Poster for The Boy Who Stole a Million

    Writer

1958Aged 48

  • Poster for Law and Disorder

    Director

  • Poster for Floods of Fear

    Screenplay

1957Aged 47

  • Poster for The Man in the Sky

    Director

1954Aged 44

  • Poster for The Love Lottery

    Director

  • Poster for The Divided Heart

    Director

1953Aged 43

  • Poster for The Titfield Thunderbolt

    Director

1952Aged 42

  • Poster for Hunted

    Director

1951Aged 41

  • Poster for The Lavender Hill Mob

    Director

1950Aged 40

  • Poster for Dance Hall

    Director

1949Aged 39

  • Poster for Train of Events

    Director

1948Aged 38

  • Poster for Against the Wind

    Director

  • Poster for Another Shore

    Director

1947Aged 37

  • Poster for Hue and Cry

    Director

1945Aged 35

  • Poster for Painted Boats

    Director

  • Poster for Dead of Night

    Director

1944Aged 34

  • Poster for For Those in Peril

    Director

1943Aged 33

1942Aged 32

1941Aged 31

1940Aged 30

  • Poster for 21 Days Together

    Editor

  • Poster for The Thief of Bagdad

    Editor

  • Poster for Young Veteran

    Editor

1937Aged 27

  • Poster for Elephant Boy

    Editor

1936Aged 26

  • Poster for Things to Come

    Editor

1935Aged 25

  • Poster for Sanders of the River

    Editor