# Castleton Knight

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{{Short description|British film producer and director (1894–1970)}}
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| image            =
| name             = Castleton Knight
| honorific_suffix = [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire)
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|df=y|1894|8|9}}
| birth_place      = [Bromley](/source/Bromley), Kent, United Kingdom
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|df=y|1970|4|3|1894|8|9}}
| death_place      = [Battle](/source/Battle%2C_East_Sussex), [East Sussex](/source/East_Sussex) <br /> United Kingdom
| other_names      = Leonard Castleton Knight
| occupation       = Film director, film producer
| years_active     =  
}}

'''Castleton Knight''', [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) (9 August 1894 – 3 April 1970) was a British film producer and director. He worked at one point as managing director of [British Gaumont](/source/British_Gaumont)'s [newsreel](/source/newsreel) division. He directed several feature films, but worked primarily in [documentaries](/source/documentary_films). He produced and directed the 1953 [Technicolor](/source/Technicolor) documentary ''[A Queen Is Crowned](/source/A_Queen_Is_Crowned)'' about the [Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II](/source/Coronation_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II).<ref>Monk & Sargeant p.82</ref>

==Selected filmography==

===Director===
thumb|''The Flying Scotsman'' (1929) by Castleton Knight
*''[The Plaything](/source/The_Plaything)'' (1929)
*''[The Flying Scotsman](/source/The_Flying_Scotsman_(1929_film))'' (1929)
*''[The Lady from the Sea](/source/The_Lady_from_the_Sea_(1929_film))'' (1929)
*''[Kissing Cup's Race](/source/Kissing_Cup's_Race_(1930_film))'' (1930)
*''[For Freedom](/source/For_Freedom_(1940_film))'' (1940)

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*Monk, Claire & Sargeant, Amy. ''British Historical Cinema: The History, Heritage and Costume Film''. Routledge, 2002.

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0460834}}

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Category:Film directors from London
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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