Compton Bennett

WriterDirectorEditor
Born
January 15, 1900
Died
August 13, 1974

Compton Bennett started out as a bandleader and then became a commercial artist. He turned out a few amateur films that caught the attention of producer Alexander Korda's London Films, and they hired him in 1932 as a film editor. During World War II he directed a few instructional films for the…