Francis Lyndhurst
OccupationPainter, film producer, film director Edit this on Wikidata

Francis Lyndhurst was an English theatrical scenery painter, film producer and film director, who set up an early film studio at Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex.[1]

Lyndhurst's first films, beginning with The Showman’s Dream in 1914, were made at Shoreham Fort by his production company (called Sealite[1] or Sunny South Film Company[2]). The next year, he set up the Glasshouse Studio in a nearby, glass-sided, building.[3] The business failed and Lyndhurst returned to his former occupation of scenery painting.[2][3]

During World War II the barn in which Lyndhurst stored his films was destroyed by bombing. No copies of any of his films are known to survive.[3]

Lyndhurst had four sons; in order that they should avoid fighting in the Second World War, he bought a farm. Later, a portion of land was used to build chalets and set up a holiday camp. One of his four grandchildren is the actor Nicholas Lyndhurst.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Film Studio". Shoreham Fort. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 McKie, David (10 November 2008). "Bungalow town boom". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Series 7: Episode 4". Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. Series 7. Episode 4. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Hassell, Katherine (21 August 2015). "Nicholas Lyndhurst: my family values". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
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