About Forsyth Hardy
Lived 1910 – 1994 (aged 84). Forsyth Hardy was a journalist.
Henry Forsyth Hardy (12 February 1910 – 24 May 1994) was a Scottish critic, writer and film administrator.
Biography Henry Forsyth Hardy was born in Bathgate, West Lothian on 12 February 1910. Hardy started his career as an office bearer in the Edinburgh Film Guild, Scottish Film Council and the Federation of Scottish Film Societies. He was working as a reporter for The Scotsman in 1930, where he wrote a review of John Grierson's Drifters, Grierson enjoyed the review that he went to speak with Hardy.
Hardy then left the Films of Scotland committee to become the first secretary of the Scottish Film Directors Fund.
In 1936 the name of the magazine changed to World Film News and Television Progress in 1936, it then had a final change of name to SEE: World Film News for three issues before publication of the magazine ceased.
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Who was Forsyth Hardy?
Scottish critic, writer and film administrator
When was Forsyth Hardy born?
Forsyth Hardy was born on 12 February 1910 in West Lothian.
When did Forsyth Hardy die?
Forsyth Hardy died on 24 May 1994 in Edinburgh.
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Forsyth Hardy was a journalist.
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Forsyth Hardy's recorded nationality: Scottish people.
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