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Adrian Brunel is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Production Manager and Editor British born on 4 september 1892 at Brighton (United-kingdom)

Adrian Brunel

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 4 september 1892 at Brighton (United-kingdom)
Death 18 february 1958 (at 65 years) at Gerrards Cross (United-kingdom)

Adrian Brunel (4 September 1892 – 18 February 1958) was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s. His surviving work from the 1920s, both full-length feature films and shorts, is highly regarded by silent film historians for its distinctive innovation, sophistication and wit. With the arrival of talkies, Brunel's career ground to a halt and he was absent from the screen for several years before returning in the mid-1930s with a flurry of quota quickie productions, a majority of which are now classed as lost. Brunel's last credit as director was in a 1940 wartime propaganda short film, although he worked for a few years more as a "fixer-up" for films directed or produced by friends in the industry.

After decades of neglect, Brunel's work has latterly been rediscovered and has undergone a critical re-evaluation. His "lost" films are eagerly sought, and the British Film Institute includes two (The Crooked Billet (1929) and Badger's Green (1934)) on its "75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films.

Usually with

Miles Mander
Miles Mander
(5 films)
Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello
(3 films)
Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard
(4 films)
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Filmography of Adrian Brunel (43 films)

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Cut It Out
Cut It Out (1925)

Directed by Adrian Brunel
Genres Comedy
Actors Adrian Brunel
Rating63% 3.178263.178263.178263.178263.17826
Cut It Out est une farce cinématographique qui se moque de la censure britannique, de son code et de son application cinématographique. Jeux de mots, jeux d'images qui nous rappellent l'attachement du premier cinéma au vaudeville. Adrian Brunel, dans ce film, se moque des genres cinématographiques et adapte son histoire à l'illogisme que toute application rigide d'un code trop strict impose au cinéma, ce faisant il joue avec la possibilité de manipulation et de détournement qu'offre le cinéma.
Lovers in Araby
Directed by Adrian Brunel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Actors Miles Mander, Adrian Brunel
Roles Martin Carme
Rating27% 1.3787651.3787651.3787651.3787651.378765
The Man Without Desire
Directed by Adrian Brunel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Ivor Novello, Adrian Brunel
Roles The Editor
Rating62% 3.1354153.1354153.1354153.1354153.135415
18th-century Venetian Count Vittorio Dandolo (Novello) is devastated by the death of his lover Leonora (Nina Vanna) and loses all interest in life. Wishing to escape from his grief, he devises a method of putting himself in a state of suspended animation. He awakens 200 years later in 1920s Venice where he meets Genevia, Leonora's double, who turns out to be a descendant of his former love. Falling immediately in love with Genevia, he proposes marriage which Genevia accepts. He then discovers that his 200-year slumber has left him with the ability to love but unable to experience passion, and the marriage remains unconsummated.

Director

The Lion Has Wings, 1h16
Directed by Michael Powell, Adrian Brunel, Alexander Korda, Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Documentary
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, Flora Robson, Robert Douglas, Anthony Bushell
Rating57% 2.855892.855892.855892.855892.85589
The Lion Has Wings is recounted in various "chapters" with a linking story revolving around a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer, played by Ralph Richardson, his wife and his family.
The Invader, 1h1
Directed by Adrian Brunel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Buster Keaton, Lupita Tovar, Esmé Percy, Clifford Heatherley, Webster Booth
Rating46% 2.3192352.3192352.3192352.3192352.319235
Le film suit la même intrigue que son remake Pest from the West (1939), avec un millionnaire cherchant à gagner une fille locale au Mexique.
While Parents Sleep, 1h12
Directed by Adrian Brunel
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Jean Gillie, Enid Stamp Taylor, Romilly Lunge, Mackenzie Ward, Athole Stewart, Davy Burnaby

This film is a farce about the romantic adventures of two young men with women of differing social backgrounds and the revelation of their true worth.