An intelligent and dependable British-born director Michael Anderson apprenticed under the likes of David Lean, Noel Coward (co-directors of 1942's "In Which We Serve") and Peter Ustinov, with whom he co-directed "Private Angelo" (1949), starring Ustinov in the title role. Anderson made a fine impression at the helm of "The Dam Busters" (1954), the exciting true story about the bombing of the Ruhr dams during World War II, then followed with the first film version of "1984" (1955) before shocking everyone with his outstanding work on the Academy Award-winning Best Picture "Around the World in
