Frank Sydney Box (29 April 1907 – 25 May 1983) 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.[2]
He produced and co-wrote the screenplay, with his then wife director Muriel Box, for The Seventh Veil (1945), which received the 1946 Oscar for best original screenplay.[3]
Sydney and Muriel married in 1935, had a daughter Leonora the following year, and divorced in 1969.
Academy Awards
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Known For
Deadlier Than the Male
(1967)
Executive Producer
Full Filmography
Production
O.H.M.S.
(1937)
Producer
Jane Brown Changes Her Job
(1941)
Producer
W.V.S.
(1941)
Producer
We Serve
(1942)
Producer
Men of Tomorrow
(1942)
Producer
The Flemish Farm
(1943)
Producer
Don't Take It to Heart
(1944)
Producer
On Approval
(1944)
Executive Producer
Out of Chaos
(1944)
Producer
29 Acacia Avenue
(1945)
Producer
The Seventh Veil
(1945)
Producer
The Years Between
(1946)
Producer
A Girl in a Million
(1946)
Producer
Jassy
(1947)
Producer
Holiday Camp
(1947)
Producer
The Upturned Glass
(1947)
Producer
The Man Within
(1947)
Producer
Dear Murderer
(1947)
Executive Producer
The Brothers
(1947)
Producer
Daybreak
(1948)
Producer
Good-Time Girl
(1948)
Producer
Easy Money
(1948)
Executive Producer
Broken Journey
(1948)
Producer
My Brother's Keeper
(1948)
Production Manager
Once Upon a Dream
(1949)
Producer
Christopher Columbus
(1949)
Executive Producer
So Long at the Fair
(1950)
Producer
The Happy Family
(1952)
Producer
Street Corner
(1953)
Producer
To Dorothy, a Son
(1954)
Producer
The Beachcomber
(1954)
Producer
Forbidden Cargo
(1954)
Producer
The Prisoner
(1955)
Executive Producer
Eyewitness
(1956)
Producer
The Passionate Stranger
(1957)
Producer
The Truth About Women
(1957)
Producer
Floods of Fear
(1958)
Producer
Subway in the Sky
(1959)
Producer
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
(1959)
Executive Producer
The Treasure of San Teresa
(1959)
Producer
Too Young to Love
(1960)
Producer
Piccadilly Third Stop
(1960)
Producer
Deadlier Than the Male
(1967)
Executive Producer
Writing
Alibi Inn
(1935)
Writer
Let's Ask the Ladies
(1936)
Screenplay
Sweet Success
(1936)
Scenario Writer
The Seventh Veil
(1945)
Writer
29 Acacia Avenue
(1945)
Screenplay
A Girl in a Million
(1946)
Writer
The Years Between
(1946)
Screenplay
Dear Murderer
(1947)
Screenplay
Holiday Camp
(1947)
Screenplay
The Brothers
(1947)
Writer
The Man Within
(1947)
Screenplay
Daybreak
(1948)
Writer
Here Come the Huggetts
(1948)
Writer
The Blind Goddess
(1948)
Writer
Portrait from Life
(1948)
Writer
Good-Time Girl
(1948)
Writer
Easy Money
(1948)
Screenplay
Christopher Columbus
(1949)
Writer
The Happy Family
(1952)
Writer
Street Corner
(1953)
Screenplay
Forbidden Cargo
(1954)
Screenplay
The Truth About Women
(1957)
Writer
The Passionate Stranger
(1957)
Writer
Too Young to Love
(1960)
Writer
Directing