Plaque

Lindsay Anderson

Inscription

Commemorating the centenary of cinema 1996.
Lindsay Anderson (1923-1994), film and theatre director, critic and writer, ‘This sporting Life', ‘If', ‘The Whales of August', lived here 1977-1994. In association with the British Film Institute.

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NW6, Compayne Gardens, Stirling Mansions

Credit for this entry to: Matt Brown

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