Jill Craigie

Jill Craigie

Birthday: 1911-03-07

Place of Birth: Fulham, London, England

Biography: Jill Craigie was an English documentary film director, screenwriter, socialist and feminist. Born to a Russian mother and a Scottish father, she was married to the Labour Party politician Michael Foot, whom she met during the making of her film The Way We Live.

Movies

Labour's Old Romantic
Labour's Old Romantic

A profile of Michael Foot, the former leader of the Labour Party, which included footage of him on t...

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Children of the Ruins
Children of the Ruins

The ill effects on children's bodies and minds of the chaotic conditions being countered by the ende...

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Make-Up
Make-Up

Make-Up is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Nils Asther, June Clyde...

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Independent Miss Craigie
Independent Miss Craigie

Some time after her death, film director Jill Craigie (1911- 99), re-opens an old suitcase, promptin...

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