Sydney Box

Sydney Box

Born

April 29, 1907

Died

May 25, 1983 (76 years old)

Known For

Production

Place of Birth

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.

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