Anson Dyer

Anson Dyer, born Ernest J. Anson Dyer (Brighton, 18 July 1876 – Cheltenham, 22 February 1962), was an English director, screenwriter, animator, and actor. His company Stratford Abbey Films, based in Stroud, was the only Technicolor production unit and three-colour camera in the whole Western Europe in the 1940s.[1]

Anson Dyer
Born
Ernest J. Anson Dyer

18 July 1876 (1876-07-18)
Brighton, United Kingdom
Died22 February 1962(1962-02-22) (aged 86)
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
OccupationAnimator

Filmography

The following filmography, based on the Internet Movie Database is incomplete.

Director
  • Peter's Picture Poems (1917)
  • Old King Koal (1917)
  • Three Little Pigs (1918)
  • Oh'phelia or Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque (1919)
  • Romeo and Juliet (1919)
  • The Merchant of Venice (1919)
  • 'Amlet (1919)
  • Othello (1920)
  • Dollars in Surrey, co-directed by George Dewhurst (1921)
  • Little Red Riding Hood (1922)
  • A Day Out In Liverpool (1929)
  • The Story of the Port of London (1932)
  • Drummed Out
  • Sam and His Musket
  • Beat the Retreat
  • Carmen (1936)
  • Sam's Medal
  • Halt, Who Goes There?
  • The Lion and Albert
  • Three Ha'pence a Foot
  • Gunner Sam
  • As Old as the Hills
  • Fowl Play (1950)

Writer
  • Peter's Picture Poems, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
  • Old King Koal, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
  • Oh'phelia or Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
  • Romeo and Juliet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
  • The Merchant of Venice, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
  • 'Amlet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
  • Othello, directed by Anson Dyer (1920)
  • The Story of the Port of London, directed by Anson Dyer (1932)
  • Flood Tide, directed by John Baxter (1934)
  • Carmen, directed by Anson Dyer (1936)
  • The Vicar of Bray, directed by Henry Edwards (1937)
  • The Second Mate, directed by John Baxter (1950)

Animator
  • The Story of the Port of London, directed by Anson Dyer (1932)
  • Peter's Picture Poems, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
  • Old King Koal, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
  • Oh'phelia or Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
  • Romeo and Juliet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
  • The Merchant of Venice, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
  • 'Amlet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
  • Othello, directed by Anson Dyer (1920)

Animation Shorts (Gaumont-British News)

Director of photography
  • Peter's Picture Poems, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)

Actor
  • Old King Koal, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)

References
  1. Pingitore, Silvia (16 April 2022). "La Rosa di Bagdad vs Cinderella, cartoon mystery & similarities: was Walt Disney inspired by an Italian movie you never heard of?". the-shortlisted.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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