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Michael Foot
Born 1913-07-23Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Michael Foot was a British politician and served as the leader of the Labour Party from 1980-1983. He was a pacifist and a supporter of CND who studied philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. As a documentary screenwriter for the war effort in the 1940s, he worked alongside Frank Owen under the joint pseudonym of Michael Frank and was known for Young Veteran (1940), Yellow Caesar (1941). He was married to documentary filmmaker Jill Craigie.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Independent Miss CraigieHimself (Archive Footage)From Beaconsfield to BaghdadSelf (Archive Footage)In Search of Tony BlairSelf (Archive Footage)Cabinet ConfidentialSelf (archive footage)Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael FootSelfTwo Hours from LondonHimselfRough JusticeSelfYoung VeteranCommentator