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Terry Bishop
Chiswick, London, England, UK
Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director. In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and doc…
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Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director. In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film. From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake. Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer (1959), featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models.
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1985
Love Beyond Reason - The Video Album
Movie Lighting Director
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1964
Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet
Movie Director
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1963
Bomb in the High Street
Movie Director
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1962
Hair of the Dog
Movie Director
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1961
Sir Francis Drake
TV show Director
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1961
The Unstoppable Man
Movie Director
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1960
Danger Man
TV show Director
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1960
Danger Tomorrow
Movie Director
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1959
Cover Girl Killer
Movie Director
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1959
Model for Murder
Movie Director
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1959
Life in Danger
Movie Director
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1958
The Adventures of William Tell
TV show Director
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1957
Light Fingers
Movie Director
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1956
The Buccaneers
TV show Director
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1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
TV show Director
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1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV show Director
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1955
Tim Driscoll's Donkey
Movie Director
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1954
West of Zanzibar
Movie Second Unit Director
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1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Movie Second Unit Director
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1952
You're Only Young Twice!
Movie Director
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1952
Journey to the Sea
Movie Director
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1951
The Man in the White Suit
Movie Second Unit Director
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1949
Daybreak in Udi
Movie Director
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1947
A Tale in a Teacup
Movie Director
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1947
Five Towns
Movie Director
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1943
The Royal Mile: Edinburgh
Movie Director
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1942
Down Our Street
Movie Director
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1941
The Western Isles
Movie Writer
