Terence Fisher

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-02-23 (76 years old)

Deathday

1980-06-18

Place of Birth

Maida Vale, London, England

Terence Fisher

Biography

Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a film director who worked for Hammer Films. He was born in Maida Vale, a district of London, England. Fisher was one of the most prominent horror directors of the second half of the 20th century. He was the first to bring gothic horror alive in full colour, and the sexual overtones and explicit horror in his films, while mild by modern standards, were unprecedented in his day. His first major gothic horror film was "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957), which launched Hammer's long association with the genre and made British actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee leading horror stars of th...

Acting

Production

1960

1958

Dracula

as Director

1964

The Gorgon

as Director

1966

Island of Terror

as Director

1964

1954

Blackout

as Director

1952

Stolen Face

as Director

1968

1952

The Last Page

as Director

1950

1959

The Mummy

as Director

1967

1953

Mantrap

as Director

1953

Mantrap

as Screenplay

1953

Spaceways

as Director

1957

Kill Me Tomorrow

as Director

1951

Home to Danger

as Director

1953

1953

Four Sided Triangle

as Screenplay

1954

1952

Wings of Danger

as Director

1954

Face the Music

as Director

1954

1954

Mask of Dust

as Director

1950

1948

1953

Blood Orange

as Director

1955

The Flaw

as Director

1948

1949

Marry Me

as Director

1936

1948

1956

1955

1943

1945

1942

1941

1955

Children Galore

as Director

1953

Three's Company

as Director

1944

1940

1956

1955

1952

Distant Trumpet

as Director

1938

Mr. Satan

as Editor

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