Editing Michael Balcon (section)

==Legacy==
A pub in Ealing is named in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-sir-michael-balcon|title=The Sir Michael Balcon|publisher=J. D. Wetherspoon|access-date=4 January 2010}}</ref> The [[BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award|BAFTA for Outstanding Contribution to British Film]] is presented every year in honour of Balcon's memory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/film/curzon-outstanding-british-contribution-to-cinema|title=Curzon &#124; Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema|date=31 January 2017|website=bafta.org}}</ref>

In 1938, Balcon wrote an article in ''The Cine-Technician'', the journal of the filmmakers union, titled 'I wish I could join' in which he criticised the working condition under which films were made and was instrumental in improving these conditions and increasing the salaries of people working on film sets.<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 October 1977|title=Letter: Sir Michael Balcon|work=[[The Times]]|issue=60145}}</ref>

Balcon was knighted in 1948.<ref name=":1" />