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Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) [1] 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 ...
Ken Annakin (1914-2009) was a British director, writer and producer of comedies, war epics and adventure films. He worked for Rank Organization, co-produced The Longest Day and directed The Pirate Movie.
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Ken Annakin was a British director of comedies, war epics and co-productions. He worked with James MacArthur, Rod Steiger and George Lucas, and was awarded the OBE for his services to drama.
- August 10, 1914
- April 22, 2009
Apr 24, 2009 · Ken Annakin, a film director with a flair for both light comedy and sweeping action films, a combination he melded in what may be his most famous movie, “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying ...
Apr 23, 2009 · LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ken Annakin, the British-born director whose credits included the World War II epics "Battle of the Bulge" and "The Longest Day" and the family classic "Swiss Family...
Apr 24, 2009 · Ken Annakin, a British director whose films included the family-adventure classic “Swiss Family Robinson,” the madcap comedy “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines” and the World ...
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Ken Annakin directed four motion pictures for Disney, including the live-action classic Swiss Family Robinson in 1960. A director of epic proportions, Ken lent his vision and precision to creating the $4 million film, which was considered one of Disney’s most lavish movies at the time.