Independent Artists (company)

Opening logo from Night of the Eagle (1961)

Independent Artists was a British production company of the 1950s and 1960s. It specialised in making second features.[1]

The company was strongest from 1958-63 when Julian Wintle ran it with Leslie Parkyn out of Beaconsfield Film Studios.[2][3]

Their films Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) and Tiger Bay (1959) were BAFTA nominated and BAFTA winning;[4][5] while This Sporting Life (1963) was Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning.[6][7][8]

## Filmography

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* The Dark Man (1951)
* The Stranger in Between (1952) aka Hunted \- directed by Charles Crichton
* Death Goes to School (1953)
* Bachelor of Hearts (1958)
* Tiger Bay (1959)
* Breakout (1959)
* Violent Moment (1959) aka Rebound
* Deadly Record (1959)
* Chance Meeting (1959) aka Blind Date \- directed by Joseph Losey
* The White Trap (1959)
* Devil's Bait (1959)
* Never Let Go (1960) -directed by John Guillermin with Richard Todd, Peter Sellers
* The Big Day (1960)
* October Moth (1960)
* The Malpas Mystery (1960)
* Linda (1960) - directed by Don Sharp with Carol White
* Snowball (1960) - with Denis Waterman[9]
* The Professionals (1960) -directed by Don Sharp
* The River of Life (1960) (documentary short)
* Sea Sanctuary (1960) (documentary short)
* Seven Keys (1961) - directed by Pat Jackson
* Very Important Person (1961)
* House of Mystery (1961)
* The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
* Echo of Barbara (1961)
* Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) - directed by John Guillermin with Peter Sellers
* Night of the Eagle (1962) aka Burn, Witch, Burn
* Crooks Anonymous (1962) - directed by Ken Annakin with Leslie Phillips and Julie Christie
* Play It Cool (1962) - directed by Michael Winner with Billy Fury
* Our National Heritage: The Living Pattern (1962) (documentary short)
* The Fast Lady (1963) - directed by Ken Annakin with Stanley Baxter and Julie Christie
* This Sporting Life (1963) - directed by Lindsay Anderson with Richard Harris
* The Human Jungle (1963–1964) (TV series)
* Unearthly Stranger (1963)
* Bitter Harvest (1963) - with Janet Munro
* Father Came Too! (1964)
* Strictly for the Birds (1964)

## References

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1. ^ Laura Mayne (2017) Whatever happened to the British ‘B’ movie? Micro-budget film-making and the death of the one-hour supporting feature in the early 1960s, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 37:3, 559-576, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2016.1220765
2. ^ "An Oral History of Independent Artists". British Cinema. 19 October 2015.
3. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2017). The British 'B' Film. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 131–132\. ISBN 9781844575749.
4. ^ "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
5. ^ "Film in 1960 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
6. ^ "David Storey, Author and Screenwriter of 'This Sporting Life,' Dies at 83". The Hollywood Reporter.
7. ^ "Film in 1964 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
8. ^ Vagg, Stephen (30 July 2025). "Forgotten British Film Studios: The Rank Organisation, 1963 and 1964". Filmink. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
9. ^ Vagg, Stephen (4 July 2025). "Forgotten British Film Studios: The Rank Organisation, 1960". Filmink. Retrieved 4 July 2025.

## External links

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* Independent Artists at IMDb

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