
Ken Annakin
Known for directing · Born 10 August 1914 · Died 22 April 2009 · aged 94 · Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK
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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 Bust!. During his career, Annakin directed nearly 50 pictures.
Known for

The Longest Day
1962

Swiss Family Robinson
1960

Battle of the Bulge
1965

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952

The Call of the Wild
1972

Monte Carlo or Bust!
1969

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

The Pirate Movie
1982

Third Man on the Mountain
1959

Miranda
1948