Independent Artists (company)

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)
 * Violent Moment (1959) aka Rebound
 * 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)