The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988
Search results
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 ...
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.
- January 1, 1
- Beverly Hills, California, USA
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Producer
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 · By Dennis Hevesi. April 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 ...
Ken Annakin was a prolific and versatile director of feature films, documentaries, and Disney adaptations. He worked with Rank, Gainsborough, Zanuck, and Warner Brothers, and made classics like The Longest Day, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, and The Informers.
Apr 24, 2009 · April 24, 2009 12 AM PT. Ken Annakin, a British director whose films included the family-adventure classic “Swiss Family Robinson,” the madcap comedy “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying ...
People also ask
Who is Ken Annakin?
How did Ken Annakin die?
When did Annakin make the informers?
Where did Annakin grow up?
Ken Annakin passed away on April 22, 2009, in Beverly Hills, California,—the same day as Jack Cardiff, who had been his cinematographer on the 1979 film The Fifth Musketeer. Ken Annakin directed four motion pictures for Disney, including the classic Swiss Family Robinson, considered one of Disney’s most lavish movies at the time.
