Ken Annakin
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1914-08-10 · Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died
- 2009-04-22
Known for
- The Longest Day (1962) — Director
- Swiss Family Robinson (1960) — Director
- Battle of the Bulge (1965) — Director
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) — Director
- The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) — Producer
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) — Director
- The Call of the Wild (1972) — Director
- Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969) — Director
- The Pirate Movie (1982) — Director
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) — Director
- Third Man on the Mountain (1959) — Director
- Miranda (1948) — Director
- Across the Bridge (1957) — Director
- Crooks Anonymous (1962) — Writer
- The Sword and the Rose (1953) — Director
- The Fast Lady (1962) — Director