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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-08-31 (114 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England

Stuart Legg

Biography:

Stuart Legg (August 31, 1910 – July 23, 1988) was a pioneering English documentary filmmaker best known for his groundbreaking work with the National Film Board of Canada. His most notable achievement came at the 14th Academy Awards in 1941, when his film Churchill's Island won the Oscar for Best Documentary, making it the first documentary to ever win the prestigious award. Legg's Warclouds in the Pacific was also nominated for Best Documentary that year, further cementing his reputation as a key figure in the documentary film world. Throughout his career, Legg played a significant role in shaping documentary filmmaking, particularly in the areas of war and political themes.

Known For

The Case of Charlie Gordon

Warclouds in the Pacific

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Atlantic Patrol

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The Windjammer

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Churchill's Island

Global Air Routes

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BBC: The Voice of Britain

John Bull's Own Island

Powered Flight: The Story of the Century

The New Generation

Acting

2025

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain as Self (archive footage)

1952

1937

Air Outpost as Commentator (voice)

1936

Night Mail as Commentary

1934

Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs as Admiral (uncredited)

Production

1960

A Light in Nature as Producer

1959

Unseen Enemies as Producer

1957

Song of the Clouds as Producer

1952

Operation Hurricane as Producer

1951

Forward a Century as Producer

1950

Spotlight on the Colonies as Producer

Eagles of the Fleet as Producer

From the Ground Up as Producer

1949

Dollars and Sense as Producer

1944

Inside France as Producer

1941

Warclouds in the Pacific as Producer

Churchill's Island as Producer

1940

Front of Steel as Producer

1938

Monkey Into Man as Producer

The Duchy of Cornwall as Producer

Behind the Scenes as Producer

1937

Eastern Valley as Producer

1935

BBC: The Voice of Britain as Producer

1933

Cable Ship as Producer

Writing

1964

Under Stress as Screenplay

1952

The Stanlow Story as Writer

1947

Tomorrow's Citizens as Writer

1944

Zero Hour as Writer

1943

The War for Men's Minds as Writer

The Gates of Italy as Screenplay

1937

Today We Live as Writer

1935

BBC: The Voice of Britain as Writer

On the Fishing Banks of Skye as Writer

1934

Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs as Writer

Directing

1962

Food or Famine as Director

1953

Powered Flight: The Story of the Century as Director

1945

Now—The Peace as Director

Food: Secret of the Peace as Director

John Bull's Own Island as Director

1944

Inside France as Director

Zero Hour as Director

Global Air Routes as Director

1943

The War for Men's Minds as Director

1942

Inside Fighting China as Director

1941

Warclouds in the Pacific as Director

Churchill's Island as Director

1940

Atlantic Patrol as Director

1939

The Case of Charlie Gordon as Director

1935

BBC: The Voice of Britain as Director

1933

The Coming of the Dial as Director

1932

The New Generation as Director

1930

The Windjammer as Assistant Director

Varsity as Director

Editing

1942

Inside Fighting China as Editor

1941

Warclouds in the Pacific as Editor

1935

BBC: The Voice of Britain as Editor

Camera

1935

Coal Face as Director of Photography

Sound

1935

Coal Face as Sound

Crew

1951

Forward a Century as Script

1942

Inside Fighting China as Script