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|name = Stuart Legg |image = Stuart Legg.png |alt = |caption = Stuart Legg c. 1943 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|08|31}} |birth_place =London, England |death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|07|23|1910|08|31}} |death_place = Wiltshire, England |other_names = |known_for = Filmmaking, Writing |occupation = Filmmaker, Author |nationality = British |spouse = Margaret Amos |children = |awards = Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject |alma_mater = University of Cambridge }} Stuart Legg (31 August 1910 in London, England – 23 July 1988 in Wiltshire, England)[1] was a documentary filmmaker who was a leading figure in both the United Kingdom and Canada as a pioneering director, writer and producer. During his long filmmaking career, Legg's work was largely unknown, although he had won an Academy Award during the Second World War.[2]{{TOC limit|limit=2}} Early lifeLegg was born on 31 August 1910 in London into a middle-class household. His father was a solicitor. Legg graduated from Cambridge with a degree in engineering. His first film was Varsity (1931) with the university's Film Society. This was followed by Cambridge (1932), produced with some involvement from British Instructional Films. Filmmaking careerAfter graduation, Legg worked for six months as an assistant to director Walter Creighton at Publicity Films, a commercial company. As part of the British Documentary Film Movement, Legg worked with John Grierson.[3] His first film after being taken on by Grierson was The New Generation (1932) for Chesterfield Education Authority, said to "exemplify an attempt at the Russian technique."Joining the General Post Office Film Unit GPO Film Unit from 1933, Legg replaced Paul Rotha as head of Strand Films in 1937, where he moved from director to producer.[4] National Film Board of CanadaIn 1939, Legg moved to Canada with his former mentor, Grierson, where he launched the National Film Board of Canada's Canada Carries On and The World in Action documentary film series, for which he made numerous films, as both a director and producer.[4][5]{{#tag:ref|Legg's close working relationaship with Grierson led others to think of him merely as the NFB founder's assistant.[4] |group=Note}} Legg's films include Churchill's Island (1941), which won the first Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject, and Warclouds in the Pacific, which was nominated for the same award.[6][7] International workPostwar, after first working in New York, Legg returned to Britain and worked as a producer for the Crown Film Unit between 1948 and 1950. In 1957, he became chairman of the Film Centre International. Legg later produced documentaries for Shell. Legg also worked with the Anglo-Scottish Pictures Ltd. and the Australian National Film Board, where he was involved in the early-1960s.[8] WritingLegg's interest in history was evident. He recounted: "I'd gone into – documentary, but I don't think I was ever very good at it really –I was interested in history. I was interested in international affairs."[9] His interest in history led him to write The Heartland (New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1970; later reissued as The Barbarians of Asia); dedicated to Grierson. Reviews noted the book, "... gives the grand sweep of European and Asian history in terms of the continual conflict between the great coastal civilizations (China, India, Persia, the Middle East, Europe) and the barbarian horsemen from the central Asian steppes (Huns, Turks, Mongols, and others)."[10] Family lifeLegg married Margaret Amos (1910–2002), daughter of Sir Percy Maurice Amos KBE KC (of the prominent Amos legal dynasty). However, they lived apart for many years. Partial filmography
ReferencesNotes1. ^"Legg, Stuart." BFI, 2016. Retrieved: 2 May 2016. 2. ^Khouri 2007, p. 92. 3. ^McInnes 2004, p. 27. 4. ^Evans 1984, pp. 128, 296. 5. ^Ellis [https://books.google.com/books?id=PqtdMdpKlNEC&pg=PA152&dq=%22Atlantic+Patrol%22+legg&lr=&ei=WNuPS-m9A4yaMqv0qYsN&client=firefox-a&cd=13#v=onepage&q=%22Atlantic%20Patrol%22%20legg&f=false 2000, p. 152.] 6. ^"The 14th Academy Awards (1942); nominees and winners." oscars.org. Retrieved: 2 May 2016. 7. ^[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300158/War-Clouds-In-The-Pacific/details "War Clouds in the Pacific.'] The New York Times. Retrieved: 2 May 2016. 8. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1852792/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_1 "Stuart Legg (1910–1988)."] IMDb. Retrieved: 2 May 2016. 9. ^1 2 "Legg, Stuart (1910–1988)" BFI, 2016. Retrieved: 2 May 2016. 10. ^Alford, Mark. "The Heartland (Stuart Legg)." Mark Alford, 1999. Retrieved: 2 May 2016. Citations{{Reflist|30em}}Bibliography{{Refbegin}}
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