Ken Annakin
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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (48)
Rent-A-Person
as Narrator (Voice)
2004
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Himself
2002
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Producer (Production)
1988
The Pirate Movie
Director (Directing)
1982
Cheaper to Keep Her
Director (Directing)
1981
The Fifth Musketeer
Director (Directing)
1979
Institute for Revenge
Director (Directing)
1979
The Pirate
Director (Directing)
1978
Murder at the Mardi Gras
Director (Directing)
1978
Paper Tiger
Director (Directing)
1975
The Call of the Wild
Director (Directing)
1972
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Director (Directing)
1969
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Director (Directing)
1968
The Long Duel
Director (Directing)
1967
Battle of the Bulge
Director (Directing)
1965
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Director (Directing)
1965
The Informers
Director (Directing)
1963
The Fast Lady
Director (Directing)
1962
The Longest Day
Director (Directing)
1962
Crooks Anonymous
Writer (Writing)
1962
The Hellions
Director (Directing)
1961
Very Important Person
Director (Directing)
1961
Swiss Family Robinson
Director (Directing)
1960
Third Man on the Mountain
Director (Directing)
1959
Perilous Assignment
as Self
1959
Nor the Moon by Night
Director (Directing)
1958
Across the Bridge
Director (Directing)
1957
Three Men in a Boat
Director (Directing)
1956
Loser Takes All
Director (Directing)
1956
Value for Money
Director (Directing)
1955
The Seekers
Director (Directing)
1954
You Know What Sailors Are
Director (Directing)
1954
The Sword and the Rose
Director (Directing)
1953
The Planter's Wife
Director (Directing)
1952
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Director (Directing)
1952
The Riddle of Robin Hood
as Himself
1952
Hotel Sahara
Director (Directing)
1951
The Day Begins Early
Director (Directing)
1950
Trio
Director (Directing)
1950
Double Confession
Director (Directing)
1950
Landfall
Director (Directing)
1949
The Huggetts Abroad
Director (Directing)
1949
Vote for Huggett
Director (Directing)
1949
Here Come the Huggetts
Director (Directing)
1948
Quartet
Director (Directing)
1948
Broken Journey
Director (Directing)
1948
Miranda
Director (Directing)
1948
Holiday Camp
Director (Directing)
1947
