Andrew Thorndike
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 30, 1909, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Died
- December 14, 1979
- Movies
- 23
Andrew Thorndike (30 August 1909 – 14 December 1979) was a German documentary film director. He directed 16 films between 1949 and 1977. His 1950 documentary, Der Weg nach oben, won the Best Documentary Film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1951. He was a member of the jury at the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. At the 11th Moscow International Film Festival in 1979, he was awarded the Honorable Prize for his contribution to cinema.
Best-Known Movies
Vacation in Sylt
1957
The Russian Miracle
1963
You and Many a Comrade
1956
The Ascending Path
1950
Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten
1952
Diary of a German Woman
1969
The Old New World
1977
Operation Teutonic Sword
1958
The Seven from the Rhine
1954
World Without a Game
1966
Filmography
| 1966 | World Without a Game | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1977 | The Old New World | Director |
| 1972 | Start | Director, Writer |
| 1972 | Hier deutsche Volkspolizei | Director, Writer |
| 1971 | My Whole Life Long | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | Wladimir Iljitsch Uljanow Lenin | Director, Writer |
| 1969 | Diary of a German Woman | Director |
| 1965 | Tito in Deutschland | Director |
| 1963 | The Russian Miracle | Director, Writer |
| 1961 | The Concessions of Mr. Urquhart | Director |
| 1958 | Operation Teutonic Sword | Writer, Director |
| 1957 | Vacation in Sylt | Director, Writer |
| 1957 | The Harzmann Case and Others | Director, Writer |
| 1956 | You and Many a Comrade | Director, Writer |
| 1956 | The November Revolution 1918 | Director, Writer |
| 1954 | The Seven from the Rhine | Director, Writer |
| 1952 | The Examination | Director, Writer |
| 1952 | Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten | Director, Screenplay |
| 1951 | Youth Sports Festival | Director |
| 1950 | The Ascending Path | Writer, Director |
| 1950 | From Hamburg to Stralsund | Director, Writer |
| 1949 | Der 13. Oktober – 1. Der durchbrochene Kreis | Director, Writer |
| 1942 | Die Herrin des Hofes | Director |
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