Eliot Stannard

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1888-03-01

Deathday 1944-11-21 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Also Known As David Lestrange

Eliot Stannard

Biography

Eliot Stannard (1 March 1888 – 21 November 1944) was an English screenwriter and director. Stannard wrote the screenplay for more than 80 films between 1914 and 1933, including eight films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He also directed five films. During the early 1920s, he worked on most of the screenplays for the Ideal Film Company, one of Britain's leading silent film studios. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Known For

Writer

1932
Above Rubies

as Writer

1931
1931
A Safe Affair

as Writer

1929
The Manxman

as Scenario Writer

1929
The Hate Ship

as Writer

1929
The American Prisoner

as Screenplay

1928
Widecombe Fair

as Scenario Writer

1928
Easy Virtue

as Writer

1928
Tommy Atkins

as Scenario Writer

1928
The Vortex

as Writer

1928
Champagne

as Scenario Writer

1928
The Farmer's Wife

as Adaptation

1928
Sailors Don't Care

as Scenario Writer

1928
Sir or Madame

as Adaptation

1927
1927
Blighty

as Writer

1927
Downhill

as Scenario Writer

1926
1925
1924
1924
Becket

as Writer

1924
Nets of Destiny

as Writer

1924
The Diamond Man

as Writer

1924
Love and Hate

as Writer

1923
The Romany

as Writer

1923
Heartstrings

as Writer

1923
1923
1922
A Sailor Tramp

as Writer

1922
The Card

as Writer

1922
The Grass Orphan

as Scenario Writer

1921
1921
The Will

as Writer

1920
Lady Audley's Secret

as Scenario Writer

1920
Torn Sails

as Writer

1920
1920
Build Thy House

as Screenplay

1920
General Post

as Writer

1920
1919
Patricia Brent, Spinster

as Scenario Writer

1919
The Toilers

as Writer

1918
Red Pottage

as Writer

1918
Nelson

as Writer

1917
Tom Jones

as Screenplay

1915
1914
Her Luck in London

as Screenplay

1914
The Idol of Paris

as Scenario Writer

Crew

1914
Beautiful Jim

as Script