Michael Balcon Quotes

Sir Michael Elias Balcon was an English film producer, known for his leadership of Ealing Studios from 1938 to 1955. He left after ownership had changed for a second time. Under his direction, it became the most notable British film studio.

Balcon had earlier co-founded Gainsborough Pictures with Victor Saville in 1923; later working with Gaumont British, which absorbed their studio. Later still he worked with MGM-British. In 1956 he founded a production company known as Ealing Films, and later headed British Lion Films. He served as chairman of the British Film Institute production board to help fund and encourage new work. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. May 1896 – 17. October 1977
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Michael Balcon Quotes

“We made films at Ealing that were good, bad and indifferent, but that were indisputably British. They were rooted in the soil of the country.”

Michael Balcon

Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2001 ed): Art. Michael Balcon p. 28

“I always look for people whose ideas coincide with mine, and then I'm ready to give them a chance to make a name for themselves.”

Michael Balcon

Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies (2001 ed): Art. Michael Balcon p. 28

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