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Anthony Page

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Anthony Page

Born September 21, 1935 in Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaDied September 11, 202636 films

Anthony Frederick Montague Page (21 September 1935 — 11 September 2026) was a British stage and film director. When Page was 19, he went to Canada on a free passage with the Royal Canadian Air Force and hitchhiked to New York where he studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School.

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In 1964, Page took over directing at the Royal Court when George Devine fell ill. He directed Inadmissible Evidence with Nicol Williamson. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 1997 for A Doll's House.

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Absolution posterFirst watchAbsolution19786.5At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply…View film

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Filmography

36 films as director
  1. 2008My Zinc BedDirector
  2. 1998Human BombDirector
  3. 1993Silent CriesDirector
  4. 1991Absolute HellDirector
  5. 1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningDirector
  6. 1988Scandal in a Small TownDirector
  7. 1987Pack of LiesDirector
  8. 1986Second ServeDirector
  9. 1985Murder: By Reason of InsanityDirector
  10. 1984ForbiddenDirector
  11. 1983Bill: On His OwnDirector
  12. 1983Grace KellyDirector
  13. 1982Johnny BelindaDirector
  14. 1981BillDirector
  15. 1981The Patricia Neal StoryDirector
  16. 1981Early DaysDirector
  17. 1980SheppeyDirector
  18. 1980F.D.R.: The Last YearDirector
  19. 1979The Lady VanishesDirector
  20. 1978AbsolutionDirector
  21. 1977I Never Promised You a Rose GardenDirector
  22. 1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthurDirector
  23. 1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodDirector
  24. 1974The Missiles of OctoberDirector
  25. 1974HeadmasterDirector
  26. 1974The ChangelingDirector
  27. 1974Alpha BetaDirector
  28. 1973Not IDirector
  29. 1973PuebloDirector
  30. 1972You're FreeDirector
  31. 1971Speaking of MurderDirector
  32. 1971The Hotel in AmsterdamDirector
  33. 1969Male of the SpeciesDirector
  34. 1968Inadmissible EvidenceDirector
  35. 1968The ParachuteDirector
  36. 1965Horror of DarknessDirector