Independent Artists was a British production company of the 1950s and 1960s. It specialised in making second features.^[1]

The company was strongest from 1958-63 when Julian Wintle ran it with Leslie Parkyn out of Beaconsfield Film Studios.^[2][3]

Their films Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) and Tiger Bay (1959) were BAFTA nominated and BAFTA winning;^[4][5] while This Sporting Life (1963) was Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning.^[6][7]

Filmography

• The Dark Man (1951)
• The Stranger in Between (1952) aka Hunted - directed by Charles Crichton
• Death Goes to School (1953)
• Bachelor of Hearts (1958)
• Tiger Bay (1959)
• Breakout (1959)
• Violent Moment (1959) aka Rebound
• Deadly Record (1959)
• Chance Meeting (1959) aka Blind Date - directed by Joseph Losey
• The White Trap (1959)
• Devil's Bait (1959)
• Never Let Go (1960) -directed by John Guillermin with Richard Todd, Peter Sellers
• The Big Day (1960)
• October Moth (1960)
• The Malpas Mystery (1960)
• Linda (1960) - directed by Don Sharp with Carol White
• Snowball (1960) - with Denis Waterman
• The Professionals (1960) -directed by Don Sharp
• The River of Life (1960) (documentary short)
• Sea Sanctuary (1960) (documentary short)
• Seven Keys (1961) - directed by Pat Jackson
• Very Important Person (1961)
• House of Mystery (1961)
• The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
• Echo of Barbara (1961)
• Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) - directed by John Guillermin with Peter Sellers
• Night of the Eagle (1962) aka Burn, Witch, Burn
• Crooks Anonymous (1962) - directed by Ken Annakin with Leslie Phillips and Julie Christie
• Play It Cool (1962) - directed by Michael Winner with Billy Fury
• Our National Heritage: The Living Pattern (1962) (documentary short)
• The Fast Lady (1963) - directed by Ken Annakin with Stanley Baxter and Julie Christie
• This Sporting Life (1963) - directed by Lindsay Anderson with Richard Harris
• The Human Jungle (1963–1964) (TV series)
• Unearthly Stranger (1963)
• Bitter Harvest (1963) - with Janet Munro
• Father Came Too! (1964)
• Strictly for the Birds (1964)