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Ken Hughes

Ken Hughes

Director · 1922–2001 · Liverpool, England

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Biography

Kenneth Graham Hughes (19 January 1922 – 28 April 2001) was an English film director and screenwriter. He worked on over 30 feature films between 1952 and 1981, including the 1968 musical fantasy film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, based on the Ian Fleming novel of the same name. His other notable works included The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), Of Human Bondage (1964), Casino Royale (1967), and Cromwell (1970). He won an Emmy Award and was a three-time BAFTA Award nominee. Hughes has been called "a filmmaker whose output was consistently interesting and entertaining, and deserved more critical attention than it has received." Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Hughes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 32

1980s

  1. 1981

    Night School

    Director

1970s

  1. 1978

    Sextette

    Director

    35
  2. 1975

    Alfie Darling

    Director

  3. 1974

    The Internecine Project

    Director

    61
  4. 1970

    Cromwell

    Director

    59

1960s

  1. 1968

    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

    Director

    68
  2. 1967

    Casino Royale

    Director

    45
  3. 1966

    Arrivederci, Baby!

    Director

    57
  4. 1964

    Of Human Bondage

    Director

  5. 1963

    Espionage

    Director

  6. The Small World of Sammy Lee

    Director

  7. 1962

    The Eyes

    Director

  8. 1960

    In the Nick

    Director

  9. The Trials of Oscar Wilde

    Director

  10. Jazz Boat

    Director

1950s

  1. 1957

    The Long Haul

    Director

  2. 1956

    Wicked as They Come

    Director

  3. 1955

    Timeslip

    Director

  4. Joe Macbeth

    Director

  5. Confession

    Director

  6. Little Red Monkey

    Director

  7. The Brain Machine

    Director

  8. 1954

    Passenger to Tokyo

    Director

  9. The House Across the Lake

    Director

  10. The Dark Stairway

    Director

  11. The Blazing Caravan

    Director

  12. 1953

    Black 13

    Director

  13. The Candlelight Murder

    Director

  14. The Missing Man

    Director

  15. The Drayton Case

    Director

  16. Scotland Yard

    Director

  17. 1952

    Wide Boy

    Director

Wrote 29

1970s

  1. 1974

    Fall of Eagles

    Writer

    78
  2. 1972

    Sammy

    Writer

  3. 1970

    Cromwell

    Screenplay

    59

1960s

  1. 1969

    Shark

    Adaptation

  2. 1968

    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

    Screenplay

    68
  3. 1966

    Arrivederci, Baby!

    Screenplay, Story

    57
  4. 1963

    Espionage

    Story, Writer

  5. The Small World of Sammy Lee

    Screenplay

  6. 1960

    In the Nick

    Writer

  7. The Trials of Oscar Wilde

    Screenplay

  8. Jazz Boat

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1957

    High Flight

    Writer

  2. The Long Haul

    Screenplay

  3. Town on Trial

    Writer

  4. 1956

    Wicked as They Come

    Writer

  5. 1955

    Portrait of Alison

    Writer

  6. Joe Macbeth

    Screenplay

  7. Confession

    Writer

  8. Little Red Monkey

    Screenplay

  9. The Brain Machine

    Writer

  10. 1954

    The House Across the Lake

    Screenplay, Novel

  11. The Dark Stairway

    Writer

  12. The Blazing Caravan

    Writer

  13. 1953

    Black 13

    Story

  14. The Candlelight Murder

    Writer

  15. The Missing Man

    Writer

  16. The Drayton Case

    Writer

  17. Scotland Yard

    Writer

No release date

  1. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

    Original Film Writer

Produced 1

Other crew 1

Appearances1

1970s

  1. 1977

    Making It In Hollywood

    Self