Anthony Aikman

Anthony Aikman
Aikman at the book launch for The Eye of Itza, 1986
Born
Anthony Robert Aikman

3 February 1942
London, England
Died8 July 2011(2011-07-08) (aged 69)
Chiang Mai, Thailand
EducationUniversity of Wales
Websiteanthonyaikman.frogbox.co.uk

Anthony Robert Aikman (3 February 1942 – 8 July 2011) was a British screenwriter, film director, and author.

He is best known as the director of the 1972 art film The Genesis Children.

Personal life

Aikman was born in 1942 in a London air raid shelter and grew up in St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent. By his own admission, he did not learn to read or write until the age of 11. He studied forestry at the University of Wales and graduated in 1962. A perpetual traveler, he lived in numerous countries throughout his life.

He died in Thailand on 8 July 2011.

Books

The foregoing three books form a trilogy.

and many more articles and short stories.

Filmwork

Screenplay-director

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Anthony Aikman signing copies of his latest book at Deal Castle. 1987". stmargaretshistory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Anthony Aikman.co.uk". anthonyaikman.frogbox.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Aikman, Anthony". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Rebel author who defies analysis". Dover Express. 18 March 1988. p. 52. Retrieved 29 June 2025 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Anthony Aikman". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2025.