Edgar Anstey

Edgar Anstey, was a leading British documentary filmmaker. Anstey was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, and was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys and Birkbeck College. He spent a few years as a civil servant before starting in 1930 at The Empire Marketing Board's film unit, under the direction of John Grierson. He was the uncredited co-director of the "seminal 1935 'social problem' film" Housing Problems.