Anthony Aikman

Anthony Robert Aikman (3 February 19428 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 Caves of Segada, Robert Hale, 1985,
• The Eye of Itza, Robert Hale, October 23, 1986,
• The Brokers of Doom, Robert Hale, 1987,

The foregoing three books form a trilogy.

• Treehouses, Robert Hale, 1988,
• The Farang, Oldham Books, 1992,
• Jim Tully, White Lotus Press, 1995,
• The Black Swan, Post Books, 1999,
• Boy, Doc, and the Green Man: Also the Fire-eater: a Short Story, Post Books, 2000,
• Broken Guts (Tong Sia!): A 'Rough' Medical Guide for Foreign Travellers in Thailand and S.E. Asia, BookSurge, May 31, 2007,

and many more articles and short stories.

Filmwork

Screenplay-director

• The Genesis Children, 1971

References