Ruby Grierson

Ruby Isabel Grierson (24 November 1903 – 17 September 1940) was a Scottish documentary film director and producer, and a leading authority in the early documentary movement. Her brother John Grierson and her younger sister Marion Grierson also made films.

Early life Grierson was born in Cambusbarron, Stirlingshire, to Jane Anthony, a teacher from Ayrshire, a Labour Party activist who frequently took the chair at Tom Johnston's election meetings and a suffragette, and schoolmaster Robert Morrison Grierson from Boddam, near Peterhead. She had seven siblings: Agnes, Janet, Margaret, John, Anthony, Dorothy, and Marion. Her brother, John, and her younger sister Marion also worked at the unit and she would go on make her own films.

Grierson's commitment to pacifism and her political views informed her work in film and they typically focused on daily hardships.

Filmography

Housing Problems (Arthur Elton, Edgar Anstey, John Taylor, 1935), Ruby Grierson, uncredited assistants People of Britain (Ruby Grierson, 1936) London Wakes Up (Ruby Grierson, 1936) Today and Tomorrow (Ruby Grierson, 1936) To-day We Live (Ruby Grierson and Ralph Bond, 1937) Animal Kingdom - The Zoo and You (Ruby Grierson, 1938) Animals on Guard (Ruby Grierson, 1938) Cargo for Ardrossan (Ruby Grierson, 1939) Choose Cheese (Ruby Grierson, 1940) Green Food for Health (Ruby Grierson, 1940) Six Foods for Fitness (Ruby Grierson, 1940) What’s for Dinner? (Ruby Grierson, 1940) They Also Serve (Ruby Grierson, 1940)