Derek Ford

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-09-06 (63 years old)

Deathday

1995-05-19

Place of Birth

Tilbury - Essex - United Kingdom

Derek Ford

Biography

Derek Ford (6 September 1932, Essex – 19 May 1995) was an English film director and writer, most famous for sexploitation films such as The Wife Swappers (1970), Suburban Wives (1971), Commuter Husbands (1972), Keep It Up, Jack (1973), Sex Express (1975) (also filmed in a graphic hardcore version), What's Up Nurse! (1977) and What's Up Superdoc! (1978). Ford began as a writer in collaboration with his brother Donald Ford (died 1991), originally for radio before progressing to television (The Saint, Adam Adamant Lives!) and film (The Yellow Teddy Bears, The Black Torment, A Study in Terror and Hell Boats). Ford's first foray into directing, L...

Acting

Production

1964

1968

Corruption

as Screenplay

1989

The Urge to Kill

as Director

1970

1970

I Am a Groupie

as Director

1974

1974

1970

1970

1978

1978

What's Up Nurse

as Director

1976

Diversions

as Writer

1976

Diversions

as Director

1963

1995

1965

A Study in Terror

as Original Story

1965

A Study in Terror

as Screenplay

1974

Venom

as Writer

1973

The House That Vanished

as Supervising Editor

1962

Stork Talk

as Writer

1965

1974

1978

1978

1964

The Black Torment

as Screenplay

1967

1978

1983

1971

Secret Rites

as Director

1972

1989

1972

Suburban Wives

as Director

1974

1969

A Promise of Bed

as Director

1969

1967

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