Stuart Legg

Stuart Legg (31 August 1910 – 23 July 1988) was a pioneering documentary filmmaker. At the 14th Academy Awards in 1941, Legg's National Film Board of Canada film Churchill's Island became the first-ever documentary to win an Oscar.

For the rugby player, see Stuart Legg (rugby union).

Stuart Legg
Stuart Legg c. 1943
Born
Francis Stuart Legg

(1910-08-31)31 August 1910
London, England
Died23 July 1988(1988-07-23) (aged 77)
Wiltshire, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
Known forFilmmaking, Writing
SpouseMargaret Amos
AwardsAcademy Award for Documentary Short Subject

Also in contention for Best Documentary that year was Legg's film Warclouds in the Pacific.

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