Basil Dearden

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Basil Dearden (born Basil Clive Dear; 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known for his work at Ealing Studios in the 1940s and 1950s, and later for his socially-conscious dramas. He won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film for Sapphire (1959), and was thrice nominated for the Golden Lion, among other accolades. One critic described him as "the journeyman-director of British cinema," while the Deutsches Filminstitut called him "one of the most outstanding directors of classic British cinema."

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