Eliot Stannard
Stannard in the 1920s
Born	(1888-03-01)1 March 1888 Wandsworth, London, England
Died	21 November 1944(1944-11-21) (aged 56) Kensington, London, England
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1914–1933
Parent	Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Palmer (mother)

Eliot Stannard (1 March 1888 – 21 November 1944) was an English screenwriter and director. He was the son of civil engineer Arthur Stannard and Yorkshire-born novelist Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Palmer. Stannard wrote the screenplay for more than 80 films between 1914 and 1933, including eight films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He also directed five films. During the early 1920s, he worked on most of the screenplays for the Ideal Film Company, one of Britain's leading silent film studios. ^[1]

Partial filmography

References

External links

• Eliot Stannard at IMDb
• Eliot Stannard biography at the British Film Institute's Screenonline