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| Born | Lindsay Gordon Anderson 17 April 1923 |
| Died | 30 August 1994 (aged 71) Angoulême, France |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1948–1993 |
Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994)[1] was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave.[2][3] He is most widely remembered for his 1968 film if...., which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival in 1969 and marked Malcolm McDowell's cinematic debut.[4] He is also notable, though not a professional actor, for playing a minor role in the Academy Award-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. McDowell produced a 2007 documentary about his experiences with Anderson, Never Apologize.[5]
- ^ "Anderson, Lindsay Gordon". Who Was Who in America, 1993–1996, vol. 11. New Providence, N.J.: Marquis Who's Who. 1996. p. 6. ISBN 0-8379-0225-8.
- ^ 25 Years of the English Stage Company at the Royal Court, Richard Findlater (ed) Amber Lane Press 1981. ISBN 0-906399-22-X
- ^ Curtain Times: The New York Theater 1965–67, Otis L. Guernsey Jr, Applause 1987 ISBN 0-936839-23-6
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival archives". 1969. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
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