Lindsay Anderson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lindsay Anderson

British film director

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1923

Place of Birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Date of Death: 30-Aug-1994

Profession: screenwriter, actor, character actor, journalist, television director, film director, film producer, theater director, film critic

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) 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.
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. 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.