Gilbert Gunn


Gilbert Gunn was a British screenwriter and film director. He was known for his films The Elstree Story, Girls at Sea, and Operation Bullshine.

Career

Gunn worked as a playwright and theatrical producer in the 1930s, and then joined the Associated British Picture Corporation as screenwriter. In the 1940s he directed over 50 short documentaries for organisations including the Ministry of Information, the Central Office of Information and the British Council.

Filmography

Screenwriter

Save a Little Sunshine Me and My Pal The Door with Seven Locks a.k.a. Chamber of Horrors

Director, short documentaries (partial list)

Royal Observer Corps Birth of a Tank The Owner Goes Aloft Is Your Journey Really Necessary? Women Away From Home Doing Without Firewatch Dog Canteen Command Order of Lenin Tyneside Story Out Working The Star and the Sand Routine Job: A Story of Scotland Yard Country Policeman Return to Action The Centuries Between
  • ''Beethoven or Boogie''

Director, features

Elstree Story, also screenplayValley of Song The Good Beginning My Wife's Family, also co-writerThe Mark of the Hawk, assistant directorGirls at Sea The Strange World of Planet X Operation Bullshine, also co-writerWhat a Whopper Wings of Mystery, also co-writer

Director, short instructional films

  • ''Golf For All''

Actor

The Farmer's Wife as pub pianist

Television

  • ''The Young Detectives''