Michael Foot
Writing • Born 1913-07-23 – Died 2010-03-03
Writing0Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Biography
Michael Foot was a British politician and served as the leader of the Labour Party from 1980-1983. He was a pacifist and a supporter of CND who studied philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. As a documentary screenwriter for the war effort in the 1940s, he worked alongside Frank Owen under the joint pseudonym of Michael Frank and was known for Young Veteran (1940), Yellow Caesar (1941). He was married to documentary filmmaker Jill Craigie.
Filmography
10 credits
Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot
Movie • 1997
Self
Cabinet Confidential
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
From Beaconsfield to Baghdad
Movie • 2007
Self (Archive Footage)
Two Hours from London
Movie • 1995
Himself
Young Veteran
Movie • 1940
Commentator
Independent Miss Craigie
Movie • 2020
Himself (Archive Footage)
Rough Justice
Movie • 1981
Self
In Search of Tony Blair
Movie • 2004
Self (Archive Footage)
The Wilderness Years
TV • 1995
Self
Question Time
TV • 1979
Himself - Panellist