Anatole de Grunwald

Biography

Subject: Anatole de Grunwald.
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Name: Anatole de Grunwald.
Born: December 25, 1910, in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire.
Died: January 13, 1967 (age 56) in London.
Background: Father was a diplomat for the Russian Czar; family fled to England during the Bolshevik Revolution when he was seven. Grew up in England. Studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and in Cambridge. Worked briefly as a journalist.
Career: Entered the British film industry in 1938.
Roles: Producer, Screenplay, Writer, Story, Scenario Writer, and Treatment.
Collaborations: Director Anthony Asquith and dramatist Terence Rattigan.
Works: The First of the Few, The Holly and the Ivy, "Pimpernel" Smith, The Winslow Boy, The Way to the Stars, Libel, Cottage to Let, Home at Seven, The V.I.P.s (1963), The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965). His first work was an unnamed screenplay collaboration on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
Credits: 38 known credits.

Anatole de Grunwald was a British film producer and writer born on December 25, 1910, in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. After his family fled to England during the Bolshevik Revolution, he grew up in England and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and in Cambridge. Following a brief career as a journalist, he entered the British film industry in 1938. His film credits include The First of the Few, The Holly and the Ivy, "Pimpernel" Smith, The Winslow Boy, The Way to the Stars, Libel, Cottage to Let, and Home at Seven. His final films were The V.I.P.s