Why this filmmaker matters
Angus MacPhail has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Angus MacPhail
Writer in the Nutevio catalogue.
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1942–1956
- Known for
- Writer
The essay
Reading Angus MacPhail
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Signature style
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Legacy
MacPhail set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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From the library
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Frequent collaborators
Canonical people credited alongside this name across multiple titles.
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
4 shared titles · Spellbound
Mervyn Johns
Actor
2 shared titles · Dead of Night
Maxwell Anderson
Screenplay
2 shared titles · The Wrong Man
Alberto Cavalcanti
Director
2 shared titles · Dead of Night
Michael Balcon
Producer
2 shared titles · Dead of Night
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John Dighton
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Went the Day Well?
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Diana Morgan
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Went the Day Well?
Genre profile
- Thriller3
- Drama2
- War2
- Romance1
- Mystery1
- Crime1
- Horror1
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Quick facts
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1942–1956
- Titles written
- 0
- In the Nutevio catalogue
- Known for
- Writer
- wrote score
- 6.6
- Nutevio editorial metric
- Collection appearances
- 0
- Across the library
- Films rated 8+
- 0