- Grandfather of Daniel Day-Lewis and Tamasin Day-Lewis.
- Father of actress Jill Balcon, who was married to the poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis (aka Cecil Day-Lewis, and Jonathan Balcon, a former Lloyd's broker.
- In 1964 he took control of British Lion Films.
- Co-founder, along with Graham Cutts, of Gainsborough Pictures in 1924.
- Director and Head of Production at Ealing Studios from 1937-59.
- Chairman of the Experimental Film Fund, created in 1952, an organisation which went on to become part of the British Film Institute and supported the earliest works of directors such as Ridley Scott.
- He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1948 King's New Year Honours List for his services to the film industry.
- Co-founded, with Carlyle Blackwell, British production company Picadilly Pictures in 1926.
- Brother of S.C. Balcon.
- Formed Bryanston Films in 1959.
- Co-founded--with John Baxter (I) and John Grierson (I)--Group 3, a British production company, in 1951.
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