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| rdfs:comment | - Thorold Dickinson was a British film director, producer, Screenwriter and Britain's first university Professor of Film. Though somewhat overlooked during his lifetime, in recent years Dickinson's work has received much praise. In the 1920s and 1930s he was active in the London Film Society, being responsible for the technical presentation of films and worked as a flm editor. He became Vice-President of the Association of Cine-Technicians in 1936, observing the Soviet film industry for the craft union the following year, remaining in the post until 1953. Dickinson's first feature film was The High Command (1937), for which he formed the short-lived Fanfare Pictures with Gordon Wellesley. At short notice, Dickinson took over direction of Gaslight (1940). Based on the Patrick Hamilton play, i
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| Role | - Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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| abstract | - Thorold Dickinson was a British film director, producer, Screenwriter and Britain's first university Professor of Film. Though somewhat overlooked during his lifetime, in recent years Dickinson's work has received much praise. In the 1920s and 1930s he was active in the London Film Society, being responsible for the technical presentation of films and worked as a flm editor. He became Vice-President of the Association of Cine-Technicians in 1936, observing the Soviet film industry for the craft union the following year, remaining in the post until 1953. Dickinson's first feature film was The High Command (1937), for which he formed the short-lived Fanfare Pictures with Gordon Wellesley. At short notice, Dickinson took over direction of Gaslight (1940). Based on the Patrick Hamilton play, it was later suppressed for some years when MGM bought the rights for its own version, but led to an invitation to work in Hollywood from David O. Selznick which was rejected by Dickinson. In 1959 he was a member of the jury at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Dickinson's other work outside the UK included a tenure with the United Nations Department of Public Information as Chief of Film Services from 1956 to 1960. After his work with the United Nations, Dickinson devoted the final part of his life to teaching about film.
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