William MacQuitty (May 15, 1905 - February 4, 2004) was a British film producer and also a writer and photographer. May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...

He was born in Belfast and died in London, aged 98. Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ...

MacQuitty is most noted for his production of the 1958 Rank Organisation / Pinewood Studios film, A Night to Remember, which recreates the story of the sinking of RMS Titanic. The film is based on the book of the same name by Walter Lord. The two collaborated during the making of the film to ensure accurate screenplay. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Rank Organisation, a British entertainment company formed in 1937 and absorbed in 1996 by The Rank Group Plc. ... Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated approximately 20 miles west of London among the pine trees on what was the estate of Heatherden Hall, near the village of Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. ... RMS Titanic was the second of a trio of superliners intended to dominate the transatlantic travel business. ... Walter Lord (October 8, 1917-19 May 2002) was an American author, best known for his documentary-style novel A Night To Remember, about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. ...

Several Titanic survivors were also on hand as advisors, including Joseph Boxhall - fourth Officer on Titanic - who was MacQuitty's personal advisor.

Many scholars and film critics still regard this film as the best of all the Titanic films (of which there are at least twelve).

Other notable films produced by MacQuitty include The Beachcomber (1954), Above Us the Waves (1955) and The Informers (1964). The Vessel of Wrath is a novella, published in 1931 by W. Somerset Maugham. ... The Informers is a collection of linked short stories by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1994. ...

Further reading: A Life To Remember by William MacQuitty, 1991 Quartet Books.