Michael Foot
Known For
Writing
Born
July 23, 1913
Died
March 3, 2010 (aged 96)
Birthplace
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
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.
