Henry Forsyth Hardy Born Bathgate 1910 Died Edinburgh 24 May 1994

Film critic, writer

1932 - 1941 Film critic Scotsman newspaper 1930 office bearer Edinburgh Film Guild 1932 - 1935 With Norman Wilson established Cinema Quarterly periodical 1933 office bearer Federation of Scottish Film Societies 1933 office bearer Scottish Film Council 1947 Co - founder of Edinburgh Film Festival 1955 - 1975 Director Films of Scotland Committee

Represented Scottish Office at the Films Division of the Ministry of Information during WW2. Biographer of John Grierson