Eliot Stannard

David Lestrange

Birth Date

3/1/1888 (Age 56)

Birth Place

Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Death Date

11/21/1944

Departments

Writing

Biography

Eliot Stannard (1 March 1888 – 21 November 1944) was an English screenwriter and director. Stannard wrote the screenplay for more than 80 films between 1914 and 1933, including eight films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He also directed five films. During the early 1920s, he worked on most of the screenplays for the Ideal Film Company, one of Britain's leading silent film studios. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]