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Date of Birth
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16-February-1907
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Place of Birth
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Watford
(Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, England)
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Nationality
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England
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Also know as
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E.H. Anstey, Harold MacFarlane Anstley
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Profession
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Film Producer, Film director, Documentary Filmmaker
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Edgar Anstey OBE, was a leading British documentary film-maker.
Anstey was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys and Birkbeck College. He spent a few years as a civil servant before starting in 1930 at The Empire Marketing Board's film unit, under the direction of John Grierson. In 1949 he joined the British Transport Films unit, which he headed until 1974.
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