Sydney Box

Writer · Producer· Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

Frank Sydney Box (29 April 1907 – 25 May 1983) was a British film producer and screenwriter, and brother of British film producer Betty Box. In 1940, he founded the documentary film company Verity Films with Jay Lewis.[2]

He produced and co-wrote the screenplay, with his then wife director Muriel Box, for The Seventh Veil (1945), which received the 1946 Oscar for best original screenplay.[3]

Sydney and Muriel married in 1935, had a daughter Leonora the following year, and divorced in 1969.

Filmography

34 credits across 2 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
1967	Deadlier Than the Male	Executive Producer	Film
1960	Piccadilly Third Stop	Producer	Film
1959	The Treasure of San Teresa	Producer	Film
1959	Subway in the Sky	Producer	Film
1959	The Night We Dropped a Clanger	Executive Producer	Film
1958	Floods of Fear	Producer	Film
1956	Eyewitness	Producer	Film
1955	The Prisoner	Executive Producer	Film
1954	To Dorothy, a Son	Producer	Film
1954	The Beachcomber	Producer	Film
1954	Forbidden Cargo	Producer	Film
1953	Street Corner	Producer	Film
1950	So Long at the Fair	Producer	Film
1949	Christopher Columbus	Writer	Film
1949	Christopher Columbus	Executive Producer	Film
1948	Daybreak	Writer	Film
1948	Good-Time Girl	Writer	Film
1948	Daybreak	Producer	Film
1948	Broken Journey	Producer	Film
1948	My Brother's Keeper	Production Manager	Film
1948	Good-Time Girl	Producer	Film
1948	Easy Money	Executive Producer	Film
1947	The Brothers	Writer	Film
1947	Dear Murderer	Executive Producer	Film
1947	The Upturned Glass	Producer	Film
1947	Holiday Camp	Producer	Film
1947	The Man Within	Producer	Film
1947	The Brothers	Producer	Film
1946	The Years Between	Producer	Film
1945	The Seventh Veil	Writer	Film
1945	The Seventh Veil	Producer	Film
1944	On Approval	Executive Producer	Film
1943	The Flemish Farm	Producer	Film
1937	O.H.M.S.	Producer	Film

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