Biography

Michael Foot was a British politician and served as the leader of the Labour Party from 1980-1983. He was a pacifist and a supporter of CND who studied philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. As a documentary screenwriter for the war effort in the 1940s, he worked alongside Frank Owen under the joint pseudonym of Michael Frank and was known for Young Veteran (1940), Yellow Caesar (1941). He was married to documentary filmmaker Jill Craigie.

Known For

Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot

Self

From Beaconsfield to Baghdad

Self (Archive Footage)

Rough Justice

Self

Young Veteran

Commentator

Cabinet Confidential

Self (archive footage)

In Search of Tony Blair

Self (Archive Footage)

Two Hours from London

Himself

Independent Miss Craigie

Himself (Archive Footage)