
Ken Annakin
Director
Born: August 10, 1914 (94 years old)
Died: April 22, 2009
Place of birth: Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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.
Filmography (37)
- Rent-A-Person (2004, ★ 7.7)
- The Longest Day (1962, ★ 7.6)
- Battle of the Bulge (1965, ★ 6.9)
- Swiss Family Robinson (1960, ★ 6.9)
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954, ★ 7.8)
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965, ★ 6.8)
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952, ★ 6.2)
- Third Man on the Mountain (1959, ★ 6.6)
- Across the Bridge (1957, ★ 6.7)
- Quartet (1948, ★ 6.2)
- Paper Tiger (1975, ★ 6.1)
- Miranda (1948, ★ 6.2)
- Trio (1950, ★ 6.3)
- Value for Money (1955, ★ 6.6)
- Vote for Huggett (1949, ★ 6.6)
- The Huggetts Abroad (1949, ★ 6.6)
- Here Come the Huggetts (1948, ★ 6.5)
- Three Men in a Boat (1956, ★ 6.3)
- Holiday Camp (1947, ★ 6.6)
- The Informers (1963, ★ 6.5)
- The Sword and the Rose (1953, ★ 6.3)
- The Fifth Musketeer (1979, ★ 4.8)
- The Pirate Movie (1982, ★ 5.1)
- Double Confession (1950, ★ 6)
- The Call of the Wild (1972, ★ 6)
- Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969, ★ 5.8)
- The Fast Lady (1962, ★ 5.7)
- Hotel Sahara (1951, ★ 5.3)
- The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988, ★ 5.8)
- The Long Duel (1967, ★ 5.1)