Directing
Ken Annakin
Born August 10, 1914 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.
Directed Films
5.9
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988·Fantasy
5.3
The Pirate Movie
1982·Romance
4.3
Cheaper to Keep Her
1981·Comedy
4.9
The Fifth Musketeer
1979·Action
4.5
The Pirate
1978·Drama
7.0
Murder at the Mardi Gras
1978·Comedy
6.3
Paper Tiger
1975·Adventure
6.1
The Call of the Wild
1972·Adventure
5.9
Monte Carlo or Bust!
1969·Adventure
5.6
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968·Comedy
5.2
The Long Duel
1967·Drama
6.9
Battle of the Bulge
1965·Drama
6.8
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965·Comedy
6.8
The Informers
1963·Crime
5.8
The Fast Lady
1962·Comedy
7.6
The Longest Day
1962·War
6.1
Crooks Anonymous
1962·Comedy
6.7
The Hellions
1961·Adventure
5.5
Very Important Person
1961·War
6.9
Swiss Family Robinson
1960·Adventure
6.7
Third Man on the Mountain
1959·Adventure
6.2
Nor the Moon by Night
1958·Drama
6.8
Across the Bridge
1957·Drama
6.3
Three Men in a Boat
1956·Comedy
