Anthony Asquith

Anthony Asquith was an English film director whose career extended from silent cinema into the 1960s. He is especially remembered for literary and theatrical adaptations, including *Pygmalion* (1938), *The Winslow Boy* (1948), *The Browning Version* (1951), and *The Importance of Being Earnest* (1952). The son of former prime minister H. H. Asquith, he was also known by the nickname “Puffin.”