Ken Annakin
An image from Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes, one of the productions that also features Ken Annakin.
Ken Annakin

Ken Annakin

August 10, 1914 — Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK

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.

The Longest Day

The Longest Day

1962

Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson

1960

Battle of the Bulge

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

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

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

1988

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

1972

Monte Carlo or Bust!

Monte Carlo or Bust!

1969