James Hill

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-07-09 (75 years old)

Deathday

1994-10-07

Place of Birth

Eldwick, Yorks, England, UK

James Hill

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James ("Jimmy") Hill (1 August 1919 - 7 October 1994) was a British film and television director, screenwriter and producer whose career spanned 52 years between 1937–1989, best remembered for his documentaries and short subjects such as Giuseppina and The Home Made Car, and as director of the internationally acclaimed Born Free. Hill also directed, produced and/or wrote such diverse films as Black Beauty, A Study in Terror, Every Day's a Holiday, The Lion at World's End (aka Christian the Lion), Captain Nemo and the Underwater City, The Man from O.R.G.Y., and the children's television series' Worzel Gu...

Production

1956

1971

Black Beauty

as Director

1962

Trial and Error

as Director

1965

1966

Born Free

as Director

1963

1946

1962

Lunch Hour

as Director

1973

The Belstone Fox

as Director

1975

1958

Skyhook

as Director

1961

The Kitchen

as Director

1961

1969

1969

1952

The Stolen Plans

as Director

1968

1980

1960

Giuseppina

as Script

1956

1965

1960

Giuseppina

as Director

1959

1960

Giuseppina

as Producer

1970

1974

1973

1967

The Corrupt Ones

as Director

1966

The Specialist

as Director

1965

1956

Reach for the Sky

as Second Unit Director

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