It was The Dam Busters (1955), a comparatively modest black-and-white British war film, that led to Michael Anderson becoming a bankable director of large, commercial pictures. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Michael Anderson on a film set in the mid 1950s. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Michael Anderson with James Cagney, right, on the set of Shake Hands With the Devil, 1959. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Michael York and Jenny Agutter in Logan’s Run, 1976. • Michael Anderson, film and television director, born 30 January 1920; died 25 April 2018

Source: The Guardian April 29, 2018 13:07 UTC