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Ken Annakin

Director

Ken Annakin

Born August 10, 1914 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UKDied April 22, 200948 films

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.

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The Longest Day posterFirst watchThe Longest Day19627.6The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Swiss Family Robinson poster6.8Swiss Family Robinson1960Battle of the Bulge poster6.9Battle of the Bulge1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes poster6.8Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes1965The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men poster6.2The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men1952The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking poster5.9The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking1988The Call of the Wild poster6.1The Call of the Wild1972Monte Carlo or Bust! poster5.9Monte Carlo or Bust!1969

Filmography

48 films as director
  1. 1988The New Adventures of Pippi LongstockingDirector
  2. 1982The Pirate MovieDirector
  3. 1981Cheaper to Keep HerDirector
  4. 1979The Fifth MusketeerDirector
  5. 1979Institute for RevengeDirector
  6. 1978Murder at the Mardi GrasDirector
  7. 1975Paper TigerDirector
  8. 1972The Call of the WildDirector
  9. 1969Monte Carlo or Bust!Director
  10. 1968The Biggest Bundle of Them AllDirector
  11. 1967The Long DuelDirector
  12. 1965Battle of the BulgeDirector
  13. 1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 MinutesDirector
  14. 1963The InformersDirector
  15. 1962The Fast LadyDirector
  16. 1962The Longest DayDirector
  17. 1962Crooks AnonymousDirector
  18. 1961The HellionsDirector
  19. 1961Very Important PersonDirector
  20. 1960Swiss Family RobinsonDirector
  21. 1959Third Man on the MountainDirector
  22. 1958Nor the Moon by NightDirector
  23. 1957Across the BridgeDirector
  24. 1956Three Men in a BoatDirector
  25. 1956Loser Takes AllDirector
  26. 1955Value for MoneyDirector
  27. 1954The SeekersDirector
  28. 1954You Know What Sailors AreDirector
  29. 1953The Sword and the RoseDirector
  30. 1952The Planter's WifeDirector
  31. 1952The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie MenDirector
  32. 1951Hotel SaharaDirector
  33. 1950The Day Begins EarlyDirector
  34. 1950TrioDirector
  35. 1950Double ConfessionDirector
  36. 1949LandfallDirector
  37. 1949The Huggetts AbroadDirector
  38. 1949Vote for HuggettDirector
  39. 1948Here Come the HuggettsDirector
  40. 1948QuartetDirector
  41. 1948Broken JourneyDirector
  42. 1948MirandaDirector
  43. 1947Holiday CampDirector
  44. 1946Make Fruitful the LandDirector
  45. 1946English Criminal JusticeDirector
  46. 1946We of the West RidingDirector
  47. 1946FenlandsDirector
  48. 1943London 1942Director