Ian Dalrymple(1903-1989)
- Producer
- Writer
- Editor
British writer-producer, educated at Rugby and at Trinity College,
Cambridge.
'Dal', as he came to be known, began in the industry as a cutter and
assistant director under Michael Balcon.
He was promoted to supervising editor, in which capacity he worked at
Gaumont-British and Gainsborough from the late 1920's to the
mid-1930's. Among the classic films that fell under his purview were
Rome Express (1932) and
The Ghoul (1933). He also collaborated
on several of the screenplays during this period. From the second half
of the decade, he concentrated more and more on writing scripts.
Between 1940 and 1943, held the position of executive producer for the
Crown Film Unit (under the Minstry of Information), turning out wartime
documentaries. After 1945, he briefly joined
Alexander Korda as a producer
and a year later set up his own production company at Pinewood Studios,
Wessex Films. This organisation turned out such features as
The Woman in the Hall (1947),
Maniacs on Wheels (1949)
and the wartime prisoner-of-war drama
The Wooden Horse (1950), which
was a notable box-office hit.
Dalrymple became considerably less active during the 1960's, though, for several years, he did consulting work for the record company Decca on movie projects. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Chairman of BAFTA from 1957 to 1958.
Dalrymple became considerably less active during the 1960's, though, for several years, he did consulting work for the record company Decca on movie projects. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Chairman of BAFTA from 1957 to 1958.
