Lindsay Shonteff
Lindsay Craig Shonteff (5 November 1935 – 11 March 2006) was a Canadian born film director, film producer and screenwriter who achieved fame for low-budget films produced in England.
Biography
Lindsay Shonteff was born in Toronto, Ontario and made his directing, producing, editing and screenwriting debut in 1959 with a Canadian made Western The Hired Gun/The Last Gunfighter that he edited in his own home. After the film's release, Shonteff went to England following his friend fellow Canadian Sidney J. Furie.
Shonteff's English debut was Devil Doll (1964) that Furie was originally scheduled to direct. Furie was offered a more prestigious film so recommended his fellow Canadian Shonteff. Richard Gordon said Furie advised Shonteff throughout the making of the film. Shonteff had to cut the horror tale of a ventriloquist's dummy for an X rating from the British Board of Film Censors.
This film led to interest from Columbia Pictures for a contract but Shonteff argued over the matter and the contract did not come through.
Shonteff, Lindsay Filmography
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2009, role: actor , character name: Father
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2009, role: director
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2004, role: writer
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2004, role: director
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1992, role: director
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1990, role: director
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1984, role: director
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1984, role: director
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1982, role: director
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1982, role: producer
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1979, role: director
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1979, role: producer
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1976, role: director
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1976, role: producer
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1974, role: producer
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1974, role: director
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1973, role: director
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1973, role: producer
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1972, role: director
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1972, role: producer
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1971, role: producer
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1971, role: writer
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1971, role: director
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1970, role: producer
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1970, role: director
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1970, role: director
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1970, role: producer
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1970, role: director
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1969, role: director
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1967, role: director
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1966, role: director
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1965, role: director
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1965, role: writer
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1965, role: director
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1964, role: director
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1964, role: producer
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1961, role: director
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1961, role: writer
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1961, role: producer
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1961, role: editor
