Independent Artists was a British production company of the 1950s and 1960s. It specialised in making second features.
The company was strongest from 1958-63 when Julian Wintle ran it with Leslie Parkyn out of Beaconsfield Film Studios.
Their films Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) and Tiger Bay (1959) were BAFTA nominated and BAFTA winning; while This Sporting Life (1963) was Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning.
Filmography
The Dark Man (1951) The Stranger in Between (1952) aka Hunted - directed by Charles Crichton Death Goes to School (1953) Bachelor of Hearts (1958) Tiger Bay (1959) Breakout (1959) Rebound (1959) aka Violent Moment Deadly Record (1959) Chance Meeting (1959) aka Blind Date - directed by Joseph Losey The White Trap (1959) Devil's Bait (1959) Never Let Go (1960) -directed by John Guillermin with Richard Todd, Peter Sellers The Big Day (1960) October Moth (1960) The Malpas Mystery (1960) Linda (1960) - directed by Don Sharp with Carol White Snowball (1960) - with Denis Waterman The Professionals (1960) -directed by Don Sharp The River of Life (1960) (documentary short) Sea Sanctuary (1960) (documentary short) Seven Keys (1961) - directed by Pat Jackson Very Important Person (1961) House of Mystery (1961) The Man in the Back Seat (1961) Echo of Barbara (1961) Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) - directed by John Guillermin with Peter Sellers Night of the Eagle (1962) aka Burn, Witch, Burn Crooks Anonymous (1962) - directed by Ken Annakin with Leslie Phillips and Julie Christie Play It Cool (1962) - directed by Michael Winner with Billy Fury Our National Heritage: The Living Pattern (1962) (documentary short) The Fast Lady (1963) - directed by Ken Annakin with Stanley Baxter and Julie Christie This Sporting Life (1963) - directed by Lindsay Anderson with Richard Harris The Human Jungle (1963–1964) (TV series) Unearthly Stranger (1963) Bitter Harvest (1963) - with Janet Munro Father Came Too! (1964) Strictly for the Birds (1964)