# Stanley Grant

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{{Short description|British cinematographer and special effects expert}}
{{Other people||Stan Grant (disambiguation){{!}}Stan Grant}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Stanley Grant
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| birth_date   = 13 July 1902
| birth_place  = [Leicester](/source/Leicester), [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire), England, [United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland](/source/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland)
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1993|5||1902|7|13|df=y}}
| death_place  = [Maidenhead](/source/Maidenhead), [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire)<br /> United Kingdom
| other_names  = William Stanley Grant
| occupation   = [Cinematographer](/source/Cinematographer)
| years_active = 1936–1954 
}}
'''Stanley Grant''' (13 July 1902 – May 1993) was a British [cinematographer](/source/cinematographer) and [special effects](/source/special_effects) expert. During the 1930s he worked mainly on [quota quickies](/source/quota_quickies). In the 1940s he was employed on more prestigious films such as [David Lean](/source/David_Lean)'s ''[Oliver Twist](/source/Oliver_Twist_(1948_film))''.<ref>Phillips p.455</ref>

==Selected filmography==

===Cinematographer===
* ''[Flame in the Heather](/source/Flame_in_the_Heather)'' (1935)
* ''[Full Speed Ahead](/source/Full_Speed_Ahead_(1936_film))'' (1936)
* ''[Find the Lady](/source/Find_the_Lady_(1936_film))'' (1936)
* ''[The Big Noise](/source/The_Big_Noise_(1936_British_film))'' (1936)
* ''[Highland Fling](/source/Highland_Fling_(film))'' (1936)
* ''[Blind Man's Bluff](/source/Blind_Man's_Bluff_(1936_film))'' (1936)
* ''[The Black Tulip](/source/The_Black_Tulip_(1937_film))'' (1937)
* ''[Jennifer Hale](/source/Jennifer_Hale_(film))'' (1937)
* ''[East of Ludgate Hill](/source/East_of_Ludgate_Hill)'' (1937)
* ''[There Was a Young Man](/source/There_Was_a_Young_Man)'' (1937)
* ''[False Evidence](/source/False_Evidence_(1937_film))'' (1937)
*''[Behind Your Back](/source/Behind_Your_Back)'' (1937)
* ''[The Villiers Diamond](/source/The_Villiers_Diamond)'' (1938)
* ''[Dial 999](/source/Dial_999_(1938_film))'' (1938)
* ''[The Last Barricade](/source/The_Last_Barricade)'' (1938)
* ''[Ghost Ship](/source/Ghost_Ship_(1952_film))'' (1952)

===Special effects===
* ''[Uncle Silas](/source/Uncle_Silas_(film))'' (1947)
* ''[Odd Man Out](/source/Odd_Man_Out)'' (1947)
* ''[Oliver Twist](/source/Oliver_Twist_(1948_film))'' (1948)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Phillips, Gene. ''Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean''. University Press of Kentucky, 2006.

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0335653}}

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