John Eldridge (1917–1962) was a short-lived British film director.
Gaining fame as documentary film maker in the Second World War for the Ministry of Information his topics covered both war and very particularly architecture and urban planning.
[1] Around 1950 he joined John Grierson's film unit: Group 3 Productions.
[2][3] Over and above directing he also did several screenplays, most notably that of Pool of London[4] and Operation Amsterdam.
[5] Plagued by ill-health he died in Brompton Hospital in London on 14 June 1962.