Ruby Grierson

Ruby Grierson
Headshot of Ruby Grierson smiling
Born(1903-11-24)24 November 1903
Died17 September 1940(1940-09-17) (aged 36)
mid-Atlantic Ocean
NationalityScottish
OccupationDocumentary film-maker
RelativesJohn Grierson (brother), Marion Grierson (sister)

Ruby Isabel Grierson (24 November 1903 – 17 September 1940) was a Scottish documentary film-maker and leading authority in the early documentary movement.[1] Her brother John Grierson and her younger sister Marion Grierson also made films.

  1. ^ Ewan, Elizabeth, ed. (2018). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 178–179. ISBN 978-1-4744-3629-8. OCLC 1057237368.