Person
Ken Annakin
Directing · 1914–2009 · 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.
Known for
The Wonderful World of Disney
Director
The Longest Day
Director
The Pirate
Director
Battle of the Bulge
Director
The Pirate
Director
Swiss Family Robinson
Director
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Self
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Producer
The Fifth Musketeer
Director
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Director
Filmography
- 2008The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action ClassicsSelf
- 2004Rent-A-PersonNarrator (Voice)
- 2002Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the MakingHimself
- 1988The New Adventures of Pippi LongstockingProducer
- 1982The Pirate MovieDirector
- 1981Cheaper to Keep HerDirector
- 1979The Fifth MusketeerDirector
- 1979Institute for RevengeDirector
- 1978The PirateDirector
- 1978Murder at the Mardi GrasDirector
- 1977The PirateDirector
- 1975Paper TigerDirector
- 1972The Call of the WildDirector
- 1969Monte Carlo or Bust!Director
- 1968The Biggest Bundle of Them AllDirector
- 1967The Long DuelDirector
- 1965Battle of the BulgeDirector
- 1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 MinutesDirector
- 1963The InformersDirector
- 1962The Fast LadyDirector
- 1962The Longest DayDirector
- 1962Crooks AnonymousWriter
- 1961The HellionsDirector
- 1961Very Important PersonDirector
- 1960Swiss Family RobinsonDirector
- 1959Third Man on the MountainDirector
- 1959Perilous AssignmentSelf
- 1958Nor the Moon by NightDirector
- 1957Across the BridgeDirector
- 1956Three Men in a BoatDirector
- 1956Loser Takes AllDirector
- 1955Value for MoneyDirector
- 1954The Wonderful World of DisneyDirector
- 1954The SeekersDirector
- 1954You Know What Sailors AreDirector
- 1953The Sword and the RoseDirector
- 1952The Planter's WifeDirector
- 1952The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie MenDirector
- 1952The Riddle of Robin HoodHimself
- 1951Hotel SaharaDirector
- 1950The Day Begins EarlyDirector
- 1950TrioDirector
- 1950Double ConfessionDirector
- 1949LandfallDirector
- 1949The Huggetts AbroadDirector
- 1949Vote for HuggettDirector
- 1948Here Come the HuggettsDirector
- 1948QuartetDirector
- 1948Broken JourneyDirector
- 1948MirandaDirector
- 1947Holiday CampDirector
- 1946Make Fruitful the LandDirector
- 1946English Criminal JusticeDirector
- 1946We of the West RidingDirector
- 1946FenlandsDirector
- 1943London 1942Director
- 1941Freedom RadioRadio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
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