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Jimmy Sangster. James Henry Kinmel Sangster (2 December 1927 – 19 August 2011) was a British screenwriter and director, most famous for his work on the initial horror films made by the British company Hammer Films, including The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958). [2]
- 1955–2000
Jimmy Sangster. Writer: Horror of Dracula. One of the driving, creative forces behind the legendary Hammer Studios, Jimmy Sangster was born on December 2, 1927, in Kinmel Bay, North Wales. He began in the film industry as a production assistant at age 16 during WWII. After this gig, he worked as a gofer and assistant projectionist for Norman's ...
- Jimmy Sangster
- August 19, 2011
- December 2, 1927
Aug 21, 2011 · James Henry Kinmel Sangster, screenwriter, producer, director and novelist, born 2 December 1927; died 19 August 2011. This article was amended on 10 May 2021, to add Sangster’s marriage to ...
Jimmy Sangster. Writer: Horror of Dracula. One of the driving, creative forces behind the legendary Hammer Studios, Jimmy Sangster was born on December 2, 1927, in Kinmel Bay, North Wales. He began in the film industry as a production assistant at age 16 during WWII. After this gig, he worked as a gofer and assistant projectionist for Norman's Film Services at London's Wardour Street ...
- December 2, 1927
- August 19, 2011
Aug 22, 2011 · Aug. 21, 2011. Jimmy Sangster, a prolific screenwriter best known for his classic 1950s horror movies that dipped into the cinematic delights of gore and sex and helped define the British company ...
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Aug 23, 2011 · Screenwriter Jimmy Sangster, who wrote such Hammer Horror films as Dracula and The Curse of Frankenstein, has died at the age of 83. Sangster began his film career at the age of 16 as a gopher and ...
Jimmy Sangster was born in North Wales in 1927 and educated in Surrey. He left school at 16 and headed for Wardour Street in London, where he found work as a projectionist. The war kept the film ...