From Chambers Scottish Biographical Dictionary
Henry Forsyth Hardy (1910 -1994)
Journalist and filmmaker, born in Bathgate. A tireless activist on behalf of the Scottish film community, he was the first film critic of The Scotsman (1932-41) and served as an office-bearer of the Edinburgh Film Guild (1930), the Federation of Scottish Film Societies (1933) and the Scottish Film Council (1933). Instrumental in rendering assistance to such international figures as John Grierson and Michael Powell, he was one of the founders of the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1947 and the first Director of the Films of Scotland Committee (1955-75), encouraging generations of film-makers in the documentary field and winning Scotland an Academy Award for Seawards the Great Ships (1961). Co-editor of Cinema Quarterly (1933-36) and Chairman of BBC Scotland’s Arts Review (1941-55), his many books include Grierson on Documentary (1946 and 1961), Grierson on the Movies (1981) and Scotland on Film (1990).
From Chambers Scottish Biographical Dictionary
Henry Forsyth Hardy (1910 -1994)
Journalist and filmmaker, born in Bathgate. A tireless activist on behalf of the Scottish film community, he was the first film critic of The Scotsman (1932-41) and served as an office-bearer of the Edinburgh Film Guild (1930), the Federation of Scottish Film Societies (1933) and the Scottish Film Council (1933). Instrumental in rendering assistance to such international figures as John Grierson and Michael Powell, he was one of the founders of the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1947 and the first Director of the Films of Scotland Committee (1955-75), encouraging generations of film-makers in the documentary field and winning Scotland an Academy Award for Seawards the Great Ships (1961). Co-editor of Cinema Quarterly (1933-36) and Chairman of BBC Scotland’s Arts Review (1941-55), his many books include Grierson on Documentary (1946 and 1961), Grierson on the Movies (1981) and Scotland on Film (1990).
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