Stuart Legg
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For the rugby player, see Stuart Legg (rugby union).
Stuart Legg (31 August 1910 – 23 July 1988)[1] was a pioneering English documentary filmmaker. At the 14th Academy Awards in 1941, Legg's National Film Board of Canada film Churchill's Island became the first-ever documentary to win an Oscar.[2]
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Born | Francis Stuart Legg (1910-08-31)31 August 1910 London, England |
Died | 23 July 1988(1988-07-23) (aged 77) Wiltshire, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Occupation(s) | Director, Producer, Editor, Writer |
Known for | Filmmaking, Writing |
Spouse | Margaret Amos |
Awards | Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject |
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Also in contention for Best Documentary that year was Legg's film Warclouds in the Pacific.