British Noir Directors

101. John Kruse

John Kruse was born in January 1919 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Hell Drivers (1957), The Saint (1962) and The Avengers (1961). He was married to Ruth Ecob. He died in 2004 in Spain.

102. Frank Launder

Writer | The Blue Lagoon

Frank Launder, initially a civil servant and repertory actor, started as a scriptwriter in the late 1920s on such classics as The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Night Train to Munich (1940). He joined forces with Sidney Gilliat and together they wrote, directed and produced over 40 films. Frank Launder ...

103. Michael Law

Director | The Six Men

Michael Law's career began when he started work as a runner for Strand Film in the late 1930s. During the war he served in the Navy until he was seconded to its film unit to make information films for the service.

After his feature film career he moved into the advertising industry and made adverts ...

104. Quentin Lawrence

Director | The Avengers

Quentin Lawrence was born on November 6, 1920 in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK. Quentin was a director and producer, known for The Avengers (1961), The Strange World of Planet X (1956) and The Man Who Finally Died (1963). Quentin died on March 9, 1979 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

105. Reginald Le Borg

Director | The White Orchid

The oldest of three sons, Reginald LeBorg majored in political economy at the University of Austria and studied musical composition for a year at Arnold Schoenberg's Composition Seminar. His education completed, LeBorg entered his father's banking business and, acting as the senior LeBorg's ...

106. Jack Lee

Director | A Town Like Alice

British director Jack Lee studied photography at Regent Street Polytechnic, and in 1938 he was hired by GPO Film as a documentary cameraman. He shot a lot of footage, at great personal risk, during the Nazi bombing campaign during World War II against London, known as "The Blitz", and began his ...

107. Rowland V. Lee

Director | The Count of Monte Cristo

Coming from a show business family (his parents were stage actors), Rowland V. Lee began his career as a child actor in stock and on Broadway. He interrupted his stage career for a stint as a Wall Street stockbroker, but gave that up after two years and returned to the stage. Lee was hired by ...

108. John Lemont

Writer | Kraft Mystery Theater

John Lemont was born in 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a producer and director, known for Kraft Mystery Theater (1961), The Frightened City (1961) and The Errol Flynn Theatre (1956). He died in 2004 in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK.

109. Joseph Losey

Director | The Servant

Belonging to an important family clan in Wisconsin, Joseph Losey studied philosophy but was always interested in theater and thus worked together with Bertolt Brecht. After directing some shorts for MGM, he made his first important film, The Boy with Green Hair (1948), for RKO. While he was filming ...

110. Arthur Lubin

Director | Phantom of the Opera

A graduate of Carnegie Tech, Arthur Lubin entered films as an actor in the 1920s, and after appearing in many films turned to directing in 1934, mainly for Universal. His forte was light comedy, but he helmed many different types of pictures for the studio. Lubin was the director Universal ...

111. Robert Lynn

Assistant_director | Superman

Robert Lynn was born on June 9, 1918 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He was a director and assistant director, known for Superman (1978), Superman II (1980) and Horror of Dracula (1958). He was married to Patricia Nicholson. He died on January 15, 1982 in London, England, UK.

112. Michael McCarthy

Director | The Traitor

Michael McCarthy was born on February 27, 1917 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The Accursed (1957), Mystery Junction (1951) and Shadow of a Man (1955). He died on May 7, 1959 in St. Leonard's, England, UK.

113. David MacDonald

Director | The Brothers

Scottish-born David MacDonald got his training in the industry in the United States under celebrated producer and director Cecil B. DeMille, who hired him in 1929 as a production assistant. MacDonald returned to Britain in 1936 after his apprenticeship and directed a dozen of "quota quickies", ...

114. Fergus McDonell

Editor | Odd Man Out

Fergus McDonell was born on October 6, 1910 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK. He was an editor and director, known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Hideout (1948) and Perspective (1955). He was married to Wendy Hamblin. He died on January 3, 1984 in Norwich, England, UK.

115. Alexander Mackendrick

Writer | The Man in the White Suit

One of the most distinguished (if frequently overlooked) directors ever to emerge from the British film industry, Alexander Mackendrick, was in fact born in the US (to Scottish parents), but grew up in his native Scotland, where he studied at the Glasgow School of Art. He started out as a ...

116. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writer | All About Eve

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1909, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz first worked for the movies as a translator of intertitles, employed by Paramount in Berlin, the UFA's American distributor at the time (1928). He became a dialoguist, then a screenwriter on numerous Paramount ...

117. Frank Marshall

Director | Gang War

Frank Marshall is known for Gang War (1962), Identity Unknown (1960) and A Guy Called Caesar (1962).

118. Gene Martel

Producer | Diplomatic Passport

Gene Martel was born in 1916 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a producer and director, known for Diplomatic Passport (1954), The Venusian (1954) and Doorway to Suspicion (1954).

119. Herbert Mason

Director | The Silent Battle

Major Herbert Mason MC was born Samuel George Herbert Mason in Moseley, Birmingham, England on April 7, 1891, the son of Amy (Collins) and Samuel George Mason, a brass-founder. He came from a theatrical family - his aunt was the great Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry and his great-uncle was actor ...

120. Rudolph Maté

Cinematographer | Gilda

One of the most respected cinematographers in the industry, Polish-born Rudolph Mate entered the film business after his graduation from the University of Budapest. He worked in Hungary as an assistant cameraman for Alexander Korda and later worked throughout Europe with noted cameraman Karl Freund...

121. Peter Maxwell

Director | Impact

Peter Maxwell was born on January 23, 1921 in Vienna, Austria. He was a director and assistant director, known for Impact (1963), Class of '74 (1974) and The Invisible Man (1958). He died on April 5, 2013 in Boonah, Queensland, Australia.

122. William Cameron Menzies

Production_designer | Gone with the Wind

William Cameron Menzies was educated at Yale University, the University of Edinburgh and at the Art Students League in New York. He entered the film industry in 1919, after serving with the U.S. Expeditionary Forces in World War I. His initial assignments were in film design and special effects, as...

123. David Miller

Director | The Story of Esther Costello

David Miller was born on November 28, 1909 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Story of Esther Costello (1957), Twist of Fate (1954) and Flying Tigers (1942). He was married to Frances Raeburn. He died on April 14, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

124. Oswald Mitchell

Director | Cock o' the North

Oswald Mitchell was born on July 25, 1897 in Swansea, Wales, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Cock o' the North (1935), Danny Boy (1934) and Music Hall Parade (1939). He died on April 27, 1949 in Fitzrovia, London, England, UK.

125. Royston Morley

Producer | BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

Royston Morley was born on August 25, 1912 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England as John Royston Morley. He was known for his work on Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962), The Tragedy of King Lear Part 1 (1948) and The Tragedy of King Lear Part 2/I (1948). He died on October 14, 1991 in ...

126. Ernest Morris

Director | The Return of Mr. Moto

Ernest Morris was born on October 17, 1913 in London, England, UK. He was a director and assistant director, known for The Return of Mr. Moto (1965), The Saint (1962) and Three Sundays to Live (1957). He died on September 17, 1987 in Cornwall, England, UK.

127. John Llewellyn Moxey

Director | The Avengers

Back in the days when ships burned coal, John Moxey's family had a coal/steel business with depots all over the world; he was born in 1925 in Argentina, where his father was running one of the firm's stations. Moxey knew from childhood that he was cut out for a job in the picture business and, ...

128. Maxwell Munden

Writer | The House in the Woods

Maxwell Munden was born on November 5, 1912 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for The House in the Woods (1957), Song of the People (1945) and Shunter Black's Night Off (1941). He died in 1973 in London, England, UK.

129. Geoffrey Muller

Editor | Little Red Monkey

Geoffrey Muller was born on November 23, 1916. He was an editor and director, known for The Case of the Red Monkey (1955), The Witness (1959) and The Brain Machine (1955). He died on April 2, 1994.

130. Ronald Neame

Producer | Great Expectations

A British filmmaker who, over the years, worked as assistant director, cinematographer, producer, writer and ultimately director, Ronald Neame was born on April 23, 1911. His father, Elwin Neame, was a film director and his mother, Ivy Close, was a film star. During the 1920s, he started working at...

131. John Nelson-Burton

Director | Tales from Soho

John Nelson-Burton was born in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK. He is known for Tales from Soho (1956), Happy Ever After (1969) and Epilogue to Capricorn (1959).

132. Frank Nesbitt

Director | Dulcima

Frank Nesbitt was born on June 27, 1932 in South Shields, Durham, England, UK. He was an assistant director and director, known for Dulcima (1971), Walk a Tightrope (1963) and Do You Know This Voice? (1964). He died on April 15, 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

133. Geoffrey Nethercott

Director | Drama 61-67

Geoffrey Nethercott was born on May 1, 1924 in Exeter, Devon, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Drama 61-67 (1961), Theatre 70 (1960) and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983). He died on December 2, 2005 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.

134. Sam Newfield

Director | State Department: File 649

Legendary "B" picture director Sam Newfield was born Samuel Neufeld in New York City. His brother was Sigmund Neufeld, later the head of PRC Pictures, where Sam made so many of his films (so many, in fact, that he had to use the pseudonyms "Peter Stewart" and "Sherman Scott" so audiences wouldn't ...

135. Joseph M. Newman

Director | 711 Ocean Drive

Joseph M. Newman worked his way up from office boy and clerk to writer and assistant director under George Cukor, Ernst Lubitsch and others. In 1937 he was briefly assigned to MGM's British section as a second unit director, but returned home within the year to direct short features. His occasional...

136. Jim O'Connolly

Producer | The Traitors

Jim O'Connolly was born on February 23, 1926 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Traitors (1962), Tower of Evil (1972) and Smokescreen (1964). He was married to Victoria Droy. He died in December 1986 in Hythe, Kent, England, UK.

137. George More O'Ferrall

Director | The Heart of the Matter

George More O'Ferrall was born on July 4, 1907 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The Heart of the Matter (1953), ITV Play of the Week (1955) and Picture Page (1936). He was married to Elizabeth Lockwood. He died on March 18, 1982 in Ealing, London, England, UK.

138. Gerry O'Hara

Assistant_director | Tom Jones

Gerry O'Hara got his film-making break while working as a reporter for the Boston Guardian.

Whilst writing for the newspaper, he was sent to interview Michael Powell who was filming One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing in the local area. Inspired by what he'd seen that day, O'Hara took the liberty of ...

139. Stefan Osiecki

Director | No Way Back

Stefan Osiecki was born on November 23, 1902 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a director and actor, known for No Way Back (1949), She Shall Have Murder (1950) and Podnosimy kotwice (1941). He died on May 7, 1977 in London, England, UK.

140. Cliff Owen

Director | The Avengers

Cliff Owen was born on April 22, 1919 in London, England, UK. He was a director and assistant director, known for The Avengers (1961), A Man Could Get Killed (1966) and ITV Television Playhouse (1955). He died in November 1994 in Oxfordshire, England, UK.

141. Robert Parrish

Director | Casino Royale

Robert Parrish was an Academy Award-winning film editor who also directed and acted in movies. As a child he appeared in films during the early 1930s, such as City Lights (1931) by Charles Chaplin and Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). As an editor he won an Academy Award for ...

142. Gordon Parry

Director | Third Time Lucky

Gordon Parry was born on July 24, 1908 in Aintree, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Third Time Lucky (1949), Innocents in Paris (1953) and Twilight Women (1952). He was married to Luisa. He died on May 6, 1981 in Rambouillet, Yvelines, France.

143. Nigel Patrick

Actor | Raintree County

This droll, urbane, dry-witted gent was born Nigel Dennis Patrick Wemyss-Gorman in London on May 2, 1912. Coming from a family of actors, his parents were actors Charles Wemyss and Dorothy Turner.

Nigel made his stage debut in the 1932 play "The Life Machine" and continued on the stock and repertory...

144. Anthony Pelissier

Director | Encore

London-born Anthony Pelissier was the son of actress Fay Compton and producer H.G. Pelissier. He became an actor in the 1930s, but soon realized that he was more inclined to making films than appearing in them. In 1937 he got his first screenwriting credit, and remained in that field until his ...

145. C.M. Pennington-Richards

Director | Double Bunk

Cyril Montague Pennington-Richards was born in London. He began his film career producing religious films for J. Arthur Rank's Religious Film Society. He entered the "mainstream" film industry as a cinematographer with Ireland's Border Line (1938), a low-budget vehicle for Irish comic actor Jimmy ...

146. Roman Polanski

Director | Chinatown

Roman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few truly international filmmakers. Roman Polanski was born in Paris in 1933.

His parents returned to Poland from France in 1936, three years ...

147. George Pollock

Assistant_director | Great Expectations

George Pollock was born on March 27, 1907 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. He was an assistant director and director, known for Great Expectations (1946), Brief Encounter (1945) and Ten Little Indians (1965). He died on December 22, 1979 in Thanet, Kent, England, UK.

148. Michael Powell

Director | Peeping Tom

The son of Thomas William Powell and Mabel (nee Corbett). Michael Powell was always a self-confessed movie addict. He was brought up partly in Canterbury ("The Garden of England") and partly in the south of France (where his parents ran a hotel). Educated at Kings School, Canterbury and Dulwich ...

149. Alvin Rakoff

Director | Say Hello to Yesterday

Alvin Rakoff has directed more than 100 television, film and stage productions. He is now in his 10th decade. And still active.

The twice Emmy Award-winning director has worked with many of the world's most prestigious leading talent, including Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Peter Sellers, Judi ...

150. Irving Rapper

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Irving Rapper was one of the last surviving directors from the "Golden Age of Hollywood," passing away on Dec. 20, 1999, at the age of 101, four weeks shy of his 102nd birthday. Rapper is best remembered for the films he made with Bette Davis, including the classics Now, Voyager (1942) and The Corn...

151. Carol Reed

Director | The Third Man

Carol Reed was the second son of stage actor, dramatics teacher and impresario founder of the Royal School of Dramatic Art Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Reed was one of Tree's six illegitimate children with Beatrice Mae Pinney, who Tree established in a second household apart from his married life. ...

152. Ralph Richardson

Actor | Doctor Zhivago

Sir Ralph Richardson was one of the greatest actors of the 20th Century English-language theater, ascending to the height of his profession in the mid-1930s when he became a star in London's West End. He became the first actor of his generation to be knighted. He became Sir Ralph in 1947, and was ...

153. Wolf Rilla

Director | Village of the Damned

Born in Berlin, Germany, in 1920, Wolf Rilla was the son of German actor Walter Rilla. When Nazi leader Adolf Hitler came to power, the elder Rilla--who was Jewish--moved his family to London, England.

After completing his education, Wolf went to work for the BBC World Review in 1942, and in the ...

154. Mark Robson

Director | Peyton Place

Mark Robson studied political science and economics at the University of California. He then took a law course at Pacific Coast University, and, at one time, also attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. Ultimately, his interests led him elsewhere, since he ended up in the movie business as a ...

155. Maclean Rogers

Director | Facing the Music

Maclean Rogers was born on July 13, 1899 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Facing the Music (1941), The Third Eye (1929) and The Feathered Serpent (1934). He died on January 4, 1962 in Harefield, Middlesex, England, UK.

156. Alfred Roome

Editorial_department | The Lady Vanishes

Alfred Roome was born on December 22, 1908 in London, England, UK. He was an editor and producer, known for The Lady Vanishes (1938), Don't Ever Leave Me (1949) and My Brother's Keeper (1948). He was married to Janice Adair. He died on November 19, 1997 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, ...

157. Paul Rotha

Producer | The World Is Rich

Paul Rotha was born on June 3, 1907 in London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The World Is Rich (1947), De overval (1962) and No Resting Place (1951). He died on March 7, 1984 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

158. Pierre Rouve

Producer | Blow-Up

Pierre Rouve was born on January 12, 1915 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a producer and writer, known for Blow-Up (1966), I Like Money (1961) and Cop-Out (1967). He was married to Sonia Joyce. He died on December 11, 1998 in London, England, UK.

159. Jimmy Sangster

Writer | 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 ...

160. Charles Saunders

Director | No Exit

Charles Saunders was born on April 8, 1904 in Paddington, London, England, UK. He was a director and editor, known for No Exit (1930), Detective Lloyd (1932) and Tawny Pipit (1944). He died on April 20, 1997 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

161. Peter Graham Scott

Producer | The Onedin Line

Peter Graham Scott was born on October 27, 1923 in East Sheen, Surrey, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The Onedin Line (1971), The Avengers (1961) and Danger Man (1960). He was married to Eve Martell. He died on August 5, 2007 in Windlesham, Surrey, England, UK.

162. Francis Searle

Director | Celia

Francis Searle was one of the more prolific of British directors. He started his career in 1936, making one-reel shorts, and graduated to two-reel documentaries and low-grade "B" pictures. In the 1970s he turned out a string of 30-minute comedies.

His original career was as a layout artist in the ...

163. Vernon Sewell

Director | Latin Quarter

Vernon Sewell was educated at Malborough College. He was one of the crew of "castaways" with Michael Powell on the Shetland island of Foula to make The Edge of the World (1937). He later became one of the mainstays in the "B" movie niche of the British film industry, and in his almost 40-year ...

164. Alfred Shaughnessy

Writer | Upstairs, Downstairs

Alfred Shaughnessy was the chief writer and script editor of Upstairs Downstairs, the ITV drama series about the lives of an Edwardian London family and their loyal servants. Much praised and fondly remembered, the series which ran from 1971-5 was widely acclaimed for its shrewd social comment. The...

165. Alexander Singer

Producer | The Killing

Alexander Singer was born on April 18, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for The Killing (1956), Killer's Kiss (1955) and The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969). He was married to Judy Singer. He died on December 18, 2020.

166. Robert Siodmak

Director | Nachts wenn der Teufel kam

Robert Siodmak (8 August 1900 - 10 March 1973) was a German-born, American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of stylish, unpretentious Hollywood films noirs he made in the 1940s.

Siodmak (pronounced SEE-ODD-MACK) was born in Dresden, Germany, the son of ...

167. Mario Soldati

Writer | La provinciale

Mario Soldati studied by the Jesuits and in the 1920s was acquainted with liberal intellectuals who gathered around Piero Gobetti. He wrote his first play ("Pilatus") when he was 18, and published hist first short story collection ("Salmace") in 1929. In 1935 he reached literary success with "...

168. R.G. Springsteen

Director | Secret Venture

R.G. Springsteen was born on September 8, 1904 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for Secret Venture (1955), Harbor of Missing Men (1950) and Heart of Virginia (1948). He was married to Alice Van Springsteen. He died on December 9, 1989.

169. Anthony Squire

Assistant_director | On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Anthony Squire was born on May 5, 1914 in London, England, UK. He was a director and assistant director, known for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Casino Royale (1967) and Doublecross (1956). He was married to Shelagh Fraser. He died on May 15, 2000 in London, England, UK.

170. Paul L. Stein

Director | Blossom Time

Paul L. Stein was born on February 4, 1892 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director and writer, known for April Blossoms (1934), Das Martyrium (1920) and Tagebuch meiner Frau (1920). He was married to Olga Schroeder Devrient. He died on May 2, 1951 in London, England, UK.

171. Pen Tennyson

Director | The Proud Valley

Pen Tennyson was an English film director. He only directed three films before his accidental death at age 28. He had previously served as an assistant director to Alfred Hitchcock in several 1930s films.

In 1912, Tennyson was born in London. He was the eldest son of the civil servant and academic ...

172. Ted Tetzlaff

Cinematographer | Notorious

Ted Tetzlaff was born in 1903 in Los Angeles, the son of racecar driver and movie stuntman Teddy Tetzlaff, Sr. The elder Tetzlaff appeared in a number of silent star Wallace Reid's famous racing movies like The Roaring Road (1919), Double Speed (1920), Excuse My Dust (1920), Too Much Speed (1921) ...

173. Gerald Thomas

Director | The Vicious Circle

Educated at Bristol and London, he studied to be a doctor. During the war he served with the Royal Sussex Regiment in Europe and the Middle East. On being demobbed he joined the film industry as an assistant editor at Denham Studios working on October Man (1947) and Hamlet (1948) then as 1st ...

174. Ralph Thomas

Director | Doctor in the House

Educated at Middlesex College, Ralph started working in films as a clapper boy. He gave up on the movie industry in 1934 going to work as a journalist. During WWII he served with the 9th Lancers cavalry regiment. After the war he joined the Rank organisation and soon became one of their directors.

175. J. Lee Thompson

Director | The Guns of Navarone

J. Lee Thompson was born on August 1, 1914 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). He was married to Penny Thompson, Florence (Bill) Bailey, Lucille Kelly and Joan ...

176. Lionel Tomlinson

Director | Take a Powder

Lionel Tomlinson was born on December 5, 1907 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. He was an editor and director, known for Take a Powder (1953), Death in High Heels (1947) and Who Killed Van Loon? (1948). He died on September 23, 1972 in Tynemouth, Tyne & Wear, England, UK.

177. Alfred Travers

Director | Girls of the Latin Quarter

Alfred Travers was born in 1906 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He is a director and writer, known for Girls of the Latin Quarter (1960), The Primitives (1962) and Dual Alibi (1947).

178. Robert Tronson

Director | The Avengers

Robert Tronson was born on May 18, 1924 in Chilmark, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The Avengers (1961), ITV Television Playhouse (1955) and The Guardians (1971). He was married to Nona Richards. He died on November 27, 2008 in London, England, UK.

179. Michael Truman

Director | Danger Man

Entered the film industry in 1934, working as an assistant director and junior editor in various studios. Made wartime training films for the army, then joined Ealing in 1944, becoming a producer in 1951, and directing one film ('Touch and Go') in 1955. He directed only occasional films thereafter,...

180. Montgomery Tully

Director | Murder in Reverse?

Montgomery Tully was born on May 6, 1904 in Edmonton, London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Query (1945), No Road Back (1957) and The Third Alibi (1961). He was married to Mollie Irene Morgan Watkins . He died on October 10, 1988 in Ruislip, London, England, UK.

181. Ladislao Vajda

Director | Es geschah am hellichten Tag

Ladislao Vajda was born on August 18, 1906 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was a director and writer, known for It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958), The Miracle of Marcelino (1955) and Mi tío Jacinto (1956). He died on March 25, 1965 in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain.

182. Max Varnel

Production_manager | Hell Below Zero

Max Varnel was born on March 21, 1925 in Paris, France. He was a director and producer, known for Hell Below Zero (1954), Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962) and The Evil Touch (1973). He died on January 15, 1996 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

183. Richard Vernon

Director | Street of Shadows

Richard Vernon was born in 1910 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for The Shadow Man (1953), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and Gaslight (1940).

184. David Villiers

Director | Four Winds Island

David Villiers was born on September 30, 1921. He was a director and writer, known for Four Winds Island (1961), Voice of Ulster (1949) and Candidate for Murder (1962). He was married to Liz Prideaux. He died in 1962.

185. Tim Whelan

Director | The Thief of Bagdad

Tim Whelan was born on November 2, 1893 in Cannelton, Indiana, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Thief of Bagdad (1940), The Murder Man (1935) and Along Came Sally (1934). He was married to Miriam Seegar. He died on August 11, 1957 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

186. Herbert Wilcox

Producer | Victoria the Great

Herbert Wilcox was born on April 19, 1890 in West Norwood, London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Victoria the Great (1937), Spring in Park Lane (1948) and The Loves of Robert Burns (1930). He was married to Anna Neagle, Maud Violet Bower and Dorothy Brown. He died on May 15...

187. Brock Williams

Writer | I'm a Stranger

Brock Williams was born in April 1895 in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for I'm a Stranger (1952), The Root of All Evil (1947) and The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957). He died on February 19, 1968 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK.

188. Elmo Williams

Editor | High Noon

Elmo Williams was born James Elmo Williams in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. Orphaned at 16, he attended schools in Oklahoma and New Mexico before moving to Los Angeles. In 1933 he struck up a relationship with film editor Merrill G. White, who hired Williams as his assistant on a business trip to England. ...

189. Stanley Willis

Editor | The Limping Man

Stanley Willis is known for The Limping Man (1953), The Scales of Justice (1962) and The Big Hunt (1959).

190. Hal Wilson

Director | It's a Wonderful Day

Hal Wilson was born in 1899 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He is known for It's a Wonderful Day (1949), Crime Reporter (1947) and River Patrol (1948).

191. Michael Winner

Director | Death Wish

Winner was an only child, born in Hampstead, London, England, to Helen (née Zlota) and George Joseph Winner (1910-1975), a company director. His family was Jewish; his mother was Polish and his father of Russian extraction. Following his father's death, Winner's mother gambled recklessly and sold ...

192. Herbert Wise

Director | Skokie

Herbert Wise was born on August 31, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. He was a director and producer, known for Skokie (1981), I, Claudius (1976) and Drama 61-67 (1961). He was married to Fiona Walker and Moira Redmond. He died on August 5, 2015 in London, England, UK.

193. Arthur B. Woods

Director | Give Her a Ring

Hailed as one of Britain's most promising pre-war film directors, Arthur Woods' career was cut tragically short by his death in World War II at the age of 39. He was the only British director to serve in combat and to be decorated for valor.

The only son of an Anglo-Argentine shipping magnate, Woods...

194. Peter Yates

Director | Krull

Having seen Robbery (1967) and Bullitt (1968), it comes as no surprise that Peter Yates started out as a professional racing car driver and team manager - albeit briefly - before turning his attention to film. The son of a military man, he was educated at Charterhouse School and trained at RADA, ...

195. Anthony Young

Director | Hidden Homicide

Anthony Young was born in 1921 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Hidden Homicide (1959), Port of Escape (1956) and Them Nice Americans (1958). He was married to Doreen Dearnaley. He died in 1966 in Kent, England, UK.

196. Terence Young

Director | Dr. No

Born in Shanghai and Cambridge-educated, Terence Young began in the industry as a scriptwriter. In the 1940s he worked on a variety of subjects, including the hugely popular wartime romance Suicide Squadron (1941), set to Richard Addinsell's rousing "Warsaw Concerto". His original story was devised...

197. Mario Zampi

Producer | Top Secret

Mario Zampi was born on November 1, 1903 in Sora, Lazio, Italy. He was a producer and director, known for Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow (1952), Now and Forever (1956) and Come Dance with Me (1950). He died on December 2, 1963 in London, England, UK.

198. Theodore Zichy

Director | Mingoloo

Theodore Zichy was born on June 13, 1908 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for Mingoloo (1958), Doomsday at Eleven (1962) and Night Without Pity (1961). He died in February 1988 in London, England, UK.