Terry Bishop

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-10-21 (69 years old)

Deathday

1981-10-30

Place of Birth

Chiswick, London, England, UK

Terry Bishop

Biography

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 (195...

Production

1954

West of Zanzibar

as Second Unit Director

1953

The Titfield Thunderbolt

as Second Unit Director

1959

Life in Danger

as Director

1959

1959

1959

Model for Murder

as Director

1959

Model for Murder

as Screenplay

1941

1949

Daybreak in Udi

as Director

1961

1961

1957

Light Fingers

as Director

1955

1947

Five Towns

as Director

1985

1960

Danger Tomorrow

as Director

1951

The Man in the White Suit

as Second Unit Director

1941

1942

Down Our Street

as Director

1947

1952

1962

Hair of the Dog

as Director

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