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name: "George R. Busby"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "5 February 1900"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T12:21:36.463860+00:00"
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# George R. Busby

Producer. Born 5 February 1900 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 5 February 1900, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

## Biography

George R. Busby (1900–1997) was a French-born British film producer and production manager. Born in Nice, he worked in the British film industry from the mid-1940s, initially as an assistant producer and later taking on production management roles.

He collaborated extensively with the production team known as The Archers, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. His credits include assistant producer on *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946), *Black Narcissus* (1947), *The Red Shoes* (1948), *The Small Back Room* (1949) and *The Tales of Hoffmann* (1951). In the 1950s he served as production manager on films including *The Sea Shall Not Have Them* (1954).

*Sources: imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Black Narcissus* (1947), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/black-narcissus.md)

## Also known for

- *A Matter of Life and Death* (1946), Producer's Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/a-matter-of-life-and-death.md)
- *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), Producer's Assistant
- *The Small Back Room* (1949), Production Assistant

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