Sydney Box
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Born | April 29, 1907 Beckenham, Kent, England, UK |
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Died | May 25, 1983 (aged 76) Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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Occupation | Writer, Screenwriter | ||||||
Years active | 1935-1967 | ||||||
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Sydney Box (April 29, 1907 - May 25, 1983) was a British film producer and screenwriter, brother of another prominent British filmmaker, Betty Box. He produced the postwar screenplay, The Seventh Veil, which earned him the 1946 Oscar for best original screenplay with his then wife Muriel Box. He ended his cinema career in 1958 to concentrate on TV work.
Sydney and Muriel divorced in 1969.