Anson Dyer

Anson Dyer, born Ernest J. Anson Dyer (Brighton, 18 July 1876 – Cheltenham, 22 February 1962), was an English director, screenwriter, animator, and actor. His company Stratford Abbey Films, based in Stroud, was the only Technicolor production unit and three-colour camera in the whole of Western Europe in the 1940s.^[1]

Anson Dyer
Born	Ernest J. Anson Dyer 18 July 1876 (1876-07-18) Brighton, United Kingdom
Died	22 February 1962(1962-02-22) (aged 86) Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Occupation	Animator

Filmography

The following filmography, based on the Internet Movie Database, is incomplete.

Director

• Peter's Picture Poems (1917)
• Old King Koal (1917)
• Three Little Pigs (1918)
• Oh'phelia or Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque (1919)
• Romeo and Juliet (1919)
• The Merchant of Venice (1919)
• 'Amlet (1919)
• Othello (1920)
• Dollars in Surrey, co-directed by George Dewhurst (1921)
• Little Red Riding Hood (1922)
• A Day in Liverpool (1929)
• The Story of the Port of London (1932)
• Drummed Out
• Sam and His Musket
• Beat the Retreat
• Carmen (1936)
• Sam's Medal
• Halt, Who Goes There?
• The Lion and Albert
• Three Ha'pence a Foot
• Gunner Sam
• As Old as the Hills
• Fowl Play (1950)

Writer

• Peter's Picture Poems, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
• Old King Koal, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
• Oh'phelia or Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
• Romeo and Juliet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
• The Merchant of Venice, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
• 'Amlet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
• Othello, directed by Anson Dyer (1920)
• The Story of the Port of London, directed by Anson Dyer (1932)
• Flood Tide, directed by John Baxter (1934)
• Carmen, directed by Anson Dyer (1936)
• The Vicar of Bray, directed by Henry Edwards (1937)
• The Second Mate, directed by John Baxter (1950)

Animator

• The Story of the Port of London, directed by Anson Dyer (1932)
• Peter's Picture Poems, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
• Old King Koal, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)
• Oh'phelia or Oh'phelia a Cartoon Burlesque, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
• Romeo and Juliet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
• The Merchant of Venice, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
• 'Amlet, directed by Anson Dyer (1919)
• Othello, directed by Anson Dyer (1920)

Animation Shorts (Gaumont-British News)

• The British Lion Awakes, directed by Anson Dyer (1939)
• Hitler On His Front Line, directed by Anson Dyer (1939)
• Hitler's Peace Pudding, directed by Anson Dyer (1939)
• Hitler Dances To Stalin's Tune, directed by Anson Dyer (1939)
• Run, Adolf, Run, directed by Anson Dyer (1940)

Director of photography

• Peter's Picture Poems, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)

Actor

• Old King Koal, directed by Anson Dyer (1917)