Paul Rotha

Paul Rotha

Paul Rotha (3 June 1907 – 7 March 1984) was an English documentary film-maker, film historian and critic. He was born Paul Thompson in London, and educated at Highgate School and at the Slade School of Fine Art. Rotha was a close collaborator of John Grierson, and Wolfgang Suschitzky was one of his cinematographers. He directed and produced dozens of documentaries including Contact (1933), Air Outpost (1937) The Face of Britain (1935), World of Plenty (1943), Land of Promise (1947), A City Speaks (1947) and many others. The World Is Rich (1947) and Cradle of Genius (1961), both of which were nominated for an Academy Award, and feature films including the BAFTA-nominated No Resting Place. Rotha was Head of BBC TV's Documentaries Department between May 1953 and May 1955. Rotha shared with Otto Neurath an interest in the techniques of visual communication, and the two men worked together on several films, where Neurath's ISOTYPE pictorial statistics were animated as an important component of the films' arguments. He was initially a major opponent of sound in movies, although he later developed the technique of multi-voice commentary, in which the argument of the film is conveyed via discussion between several distinct voices, a distinctive form of documentary exposition. Films using this technique include New Worlds for Old (1938), World of Plenty (1943), The World is Rich (1947) and Land of Promise (1946). Rotha wrote, produced and directed the 1958 crime drama Cat & Mouse, based on a novel by John Creasey and starring Lee Patterson and Ann Sears.

  • Title: Paul Rotha
  • Popularity: 0.616
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1907-06-03
  • Place of Birth: London, England
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  • Also Known As: Поль Рота, Пол Рота
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Paul Rotha Movies

  • 1937
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    Air Outpost

    Air Outpost

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Silent Raid

    The Silent Raid

    6.3 1962 HD

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  • 1935
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    Shipyard

    Shipyard

    5.1 1935 HD

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  • 1931
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    Australian Wines

    Australian Wines

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1945
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    Total War in Britain

    Total War in Britain

    1 1945 HD

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  • 1958
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    Cat & Mouse

    Cat & Mouse

    6.2 1958 HD

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  • 1941
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    Bampton Shows the Way

    Bampton Shows the Way

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1951
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    No Resting Place

    No Resting Place

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1936
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    People of Britain

    People of Britain

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Face of Britain

    The Face of Britain

    6.7 1935 HD

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  • 1961
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    Life of Adolf Hitler

    Life of Adolf Hitler

    7.1 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Life of Adolf Hitler

    Life of Adolf Hitler

    7.1 1961 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Balance

    The Balance

    1 1947 HD

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  • 1946
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    Land of Promise

    Land of Promise

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1944
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    New Builders

    New Builders

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1947
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    A City Speaks

    A City Speaks

    1 1947 HD

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  • 1958
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    Cat & Mouse

    Cat & Mouse

    6.2 1958 HD

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    Cat & Mouse

    Cat & Mouse

    6.2 1958 HD

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  • 1940
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    Island People

    Island People

    2 1940 HD

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  • 1951
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    No Resting Place

    No Resting Place

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1943
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    World of Plenty

    World of Plenty

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    World of Plenty

    World of Plenty

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1943
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    World of Plenty

    World of Plenty

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1937
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    Today We Live

    Today We Live

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1947
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    The World Is Rich

    The World Is Rich

    7 1947 HD

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  • 1936
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    People of Britain

    People of Britain

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1941
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    Five and Under

    Five and Under

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1946
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    Britain Can Make It, No. 1

    Britain Can Make It, No. 1

    9.5 1946 HD

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  • 1942
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    Night Shift

    Night Shift

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Countrywomen

    The Countrywomen

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Balance

    The Balance

    1 1947 HD

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  • 1946
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    Land of Promise

    Land of Promise

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1960
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    Cradle of Genius

    Cradle of Genius

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1953
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    World Without End

    World Without End

    1 1953 HD

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