Ken Annakin
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 10, 1914
- Died
- April 22, 2009
- Birthplace
- Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
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
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics 2008
as Self
Rent-A-Person 2004
as Narrator (Voice)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making 2002
as Himself
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking 1988
Director, Producer, Writer
The Pirate Movie 1982
Director
Cheaper to Keep Her 1981
Director
The Fifth Musketeer 1979
Director
Institute for Revenge 1979
Director
Murder at the Mardi Gras 1978
Director
Paper Tiger 1975
Director
The Call of the Wild 1972
Director
Monte Carlo or Bust! 1969
Director, Screenplay
The Biggest Bundle of Them All 1968
Director
The Long Duel 1967
Director, Producer
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, Screenplay
The Informers 1963
Director
The Fast Lady 1962
Director
The Longest Day 1962
Director
Crooks Anonymous 1962
Director, Writer
The Hellions 1961
Director
Very Important Person 1961
Director
Swiss Family Robinson 1960
Director
Third Man on the Mountain 1959
Director
Perilous Assignment 1959
as Self
Nor the Moon by Night 1958
Director
Across the Bridge 1957
Director
Three Men in a Boat 1956
Director
Loser Takes All 1956
Director
Value for Money 1955
Director
The Seekers 1954
Director
You Know What Sailors Are 1954
Director
The Sword and the Rose 1953
Director
The Planter's Wife 1952
Director
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 1952
Director
The Riddle of Robin Hood 1952
as Self
Hotel Sahara 1951
Director
- The Day Begins Early
The Day Begins Early 1950
Director
Trio 1950
Director
Double Confession 1950
Director
Landfall 1949
Director
The Huggetts Abroad 1949
Director
Vote for Huggett 1949
Director
Here Come the Huggetts 1948
Director
Quartet 1948
Director
Broken Journey 1948
Director
Miranda 1948
Director
Holiday Camp 1947
Director
- English Criminal Justice
English Criminal Justice 1946
Director
- Make Fruitful the Land
Make Fruitful the Land 1946
Director
We of the West Riding 1946
Director
Fenlands 1946
Director, Screenplay, Producer
London 1942 1943
Director
Freedom Radio 1941
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.