Sydney Box

Writer: Sydney Box

Born: Apr 29, 1907 in Beckenham, Kent, England
Died: May 25, 1983 in Perth, Australia
Occupation: Writer
Active: '40s-'50s
Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: The Seventh Veil, Quartet, The Bad Lord Byron
First Major Screen Credit: Alibi Inn (1935)

Biography

British producer/writer Sydney Box married his wife and future writing partner Muriel Baker in 1935. Four years and several theatrical efforts later, Sydney set up his own motion picture firm to produce industrial and government films. Muriel and Sydney won an Oscar for their first postwar screenplay, The Seventh Veil (1945). The collaboration continued successfully into the 1950s, with Sydney producing and scripting and Muriel directing. Without his wife, Sydney produced the 1950 melodrama Deadlier Than the Male. Sydney ended his motion picture career in 1958 to concentrate on TV work. Sydney Box was the brother of another prominent British filmmaker, Betty Box. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Frank Sydney Box^[1]
Born	29 April 1907(1907-04-29) Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
Died	25 May 1983 (aged 76) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation	Writer, Screenwriter
Years active	1935-1967

Sydney Box (29 April 1907 - 25 May 1983) was a British film producer and screenwriter, brother of another prominent British filmmaker, Betty Box. He produced the postwar screenplay, The Seventh Veil, which earned him the 1946 Oscar for best original screenplay with his then wife Muriel Box. He ended his cinema career in 1958 to concentrate on TV work. Box was part of a consortium that launched Tyne Tees Television in 1959.

Sydney and Muriel divorced in 1969.

References

^ Births England and Wales 1837-1915

External links

Sydney Box at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Box, Sydney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Writer, Screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	1907-4-29
PLACE OF BIRTH	Beckenham, England
DATE OF DEATH	1983-5-25
PLACE OF DEATH	Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) 1940-1949

Preston Sturges (1940) · Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles (1941) · Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner, Jr. (1942) · Norman Krasna (1943) · Lamar Trotti (1944) · Richard Schweizer (1945) · Muriel Box and Sydney Box (1946) · Sidney Sheldon (1947) · None Given (1948) · Robert Pirosh (1949)

(1940-1949) · (1950-1959) · (1960-1969) · (1970-1979) · (1980-1989) · (1990-1999) · (2001-2009)

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