Sydney Box

Frank Sydney Box was a British film producer and screenwriter, and brother of British film producer Betty Box. In 1940, he founded the documentary film company Verity Films with Jay Lewis. He produced and co-wrote the screenplay, with his then wife director Muriel Box, for The Seventh Veil, which received the 1946 Oscar for best original screenplay. Sydney and Muriel married in 1935, had a daughter Leonora the following year, and divorced in 1969.