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Ian Dalrymple (born 26 August 1903, Johannesburg, South Africa, died 28 March 1989, London, England) was a British screenwriter, film director and producer.

He was educated at Cambridge University. Initially, he worked as an editor at Gaumont-British pictures and the Gainsborough studios, later turning to screenwriting. During World War II, he was a producer for the Crown Film Unit, the government run agency for information and propaganda films. Later, Dalrymple worked for MGM-Korda as a producer. He formed Wessex Productions as his own company, making his films at Pinewood Studios.

• Good Conpanions (1933) - as co-writer
• Jury's Evidence (1935) - as co-writer
• South Riding (1937) - as co-writer
• Storm in a Teacup (1937) - as writer-director
• Action for Slander (1937) - as co-writer
• Pygmalion (1938) - as co-writer
• The Citadel (1938) - as co-writer
• The Divorce of Lady X (1938) - as co-writer
• A Window in London (1939) - as co-writer
• Q-Planes (1939) - as co-writer
• French without Tears (1939) - as co-writer
• London can take it (1940)
• Old Bill & Son (1941) - as co-writer and director
• Pimpernel Smith (1941) - as co-writer
• Target for Tonight (1941) - as Producer
• Coastal Command (1942) - as Producer
• Woman in the Hall (1947) - as producer and co-writer
• Esther Waters (1947) - as Producer and director
• Once a Jolly Swagman (1948) - as Producer
• Dear Mr Prohack (1949) - as producer and co-writer
• All Over Town (1949) - as Producer
• Family Portrait (1950) - as Producer
• The Wooden Horse (1950) - as Producer
• The Heart of the Matter (1953) - as producer and co-writer
• Three Cases of Murder (1954) - as producer and co-writer
• Raising a Riot (1955) - as producer and co-writer
• A Hill in Korea (1956) - as co-writer
• The Admirable Crichton (1957) - as Producer
• A Cry from the Street (1958) - as Producer
• Mix Me a Person (1961) - as co-writer

• "Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies" - published by Harper-Collins ISBN 0-06-093507-3
• "Chronical of the Cinema" published by D & K - ISBN 0-7894-2249-2

• Ian Dalrymple biography and credits at the BFI's Screenonline
• Ian Dalrymple at the Internet Movie Database