Ken Annakin
Directing
- Born
- August 10, 1914 · Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died
- April 22, 2009 (age 94)
Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) was an English film director. His career spanned half a century, beginning in the early 1940s and ending in 1992, and in the 1960s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Battle of the Bulge, The Biggest Bundle of Them All and Monte Carlo or Bust!. During his career, Annakin directed nearly 50 pictures.
Known for
The Longest Day
September 25, 1962
Swiss Family Robinson
December 21, 1960
Battle of the Bulge
December 16, 1965
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
June 16, 1965
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
March 1, 1988
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
May 26, 1952
The Call of the Wild
November 30, 1972
Monte Carlo or Bust!
April 28, 1969
The Pirate Movie
August 6, 1982
Third Man on the Mountain
November 10, 1959
Miranda
April 6, 1948
Across the Bridge
August 20, 1957
Behind the camera48
- 1988The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking Producer, Director, Writer
- 1982The Pirate Movie Director
- 1981Cheaper to Keep Her Director
- 1979The Fifth Musketeer Director
- 1979Institute for Revenge Director
- 1978Murder at the Mardi Gras Director
- 1975Paper Tiger Director
- 1972The Call of the Wild Director
- 1969Monte Carlo or Bust! Director, Screenplay
- 1968The Biggest Bundle of Them All