About
Victor Saville (25 September 1895, Birmingham, England – 8 May 1979, London) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954. He also produced 36 films between 1923 and 1962. He produced his first film, Woman to Woman, with Michael Balcon in 1923, and on the back of its success produced pictures for the veteran director Maurice Elvey, including the classic British silent Hindle Wakes (1927). His first picture as director was The Arcadians (1927). In 1929 he and Balcon worked together again on a talkie remake of Woman to Woman for Balcon's company, Gainsborough Pictures. This time Saville directed it. From 1931, as Gainsborough Pictures and the Gaumont British Picture Corporation joined forces, Saville produced a string of comedies, musicals and dramas for Gainsborough and Gaumont-British, including the popular Jessie Matthews...
Known for
Kiss Me DeadlyMovie • 1955
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeMovie • 1941
A Woman's FaceMovie • 1941
The Mortal StormMovie • 1940
Keeper of the FlameMovie • 1943
KimMovie • 1950
That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie • 1976
The CitadelMovie • 1938
ConspiratorMovie • 1949
Goodbye, Mr. ChipsMovie • 1939
The Silver ChaliceMovie • 1954
Green Dolphin StreetMovie • 1947
Dark JourneyMovie • 1937
Above SuspicionMovie • 1943
Tonight and Every NightMovie • 1945
Storm in a TeacupMovie • 1937
The Long WaitMovie • 1954
My Gun Is QuickMovie • 1957