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Ken Hughes

 
Director: Ken Hughes
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  • Born: Jan 19, 1922 in Liverpool, England
  • Died: Apr 28, 2001 in Panorama City, California
  • Occupation: Director, Writer
  • Active: '50s-'70s
  • Major Genres: Crime, Drama
  • Career Highlights: The Trials of Oscar Wilde, Cromwell, Casino Royale
  • First Major Screen Credit: Wide Boy (1952)

Biography

A sound engineer with the BBC while still a teenager, Hughes made training films while he was in the service. In the late '40s he made documentary and narrative shorts, and wrote and directed his first feature in 1952. Hughes specialized in crime films in the '50s, including his Shakespeare update Joe Macbeth with Paul Douglas. The success of 1960's The Trials of Oscar Wilde with Peter Finch led to bigger-budget projects over the '60s and '70s, including such oddities as Casino Royale (on which he was one of five directors), the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Mae West's last film, Sextette. ~ All Movie Guide
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Ken Hughes
Born Kenneth Graham Hughes
January 19, 1922(1922-01-19)
Liverpool, England
Died April 28, 2001 (aged 79)
Los Angeles, California

Ken Hughes (January 19, 1922 – April 28, 2001) was a film director, writer, and producer. After the success of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Ken went on to pen the first episode of Prime Suspect in 1969, a full 24 years before Lynda La Plante adapted it for television.

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Producer filmography

  • Drop Dead Darling (1966)

Partial Director filmography

Writer filmography

Personal History

Wife Charlotte Hughes living in LA


Daughter is Melinda Hughes who is an opera singer and lives in London, UK

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