Ken Annakin

Also known as Kenneth Cooper Annakin

English film director (1914–2009)

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Works: 3

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So You Wanna Be a Director?
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Ma
The new adventures of Pippi Longstocking

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Film & TV

Beverley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) was an English film director. His career spanned half a century, beginning in the early 1940s and ending in 1992, and in the 1960s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Battle of the Bulge, The Biggest Bundle of Them All and Monte Carlo or…

Known for

The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics — Self2008
Rent-A-Person — Narrator (Voice)2004
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making — Himself2002
Perilous Assignment — Self1959
The Riddle of Robin Hood — Himself1952
Freedom Radio — Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)1941

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Zurich
Active from: 1975-02-22

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Listeners: 83
Total plays: 168

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Instance of: human
Given name: Ken
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Beverley
Place of death: Beverly Hills
Occupation: film producer
Languages spoken: English language
Award: National Board of Review Award for Best Film
Military branch: Royal Air Force
Image: Ken Annakin.jpg
Number of children: 2

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Commons category: Ken Annakin
date of birth: 1914-08-10
date of death: 2009-04-22
nominated for: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
place of burial: Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
cause of death: heart disease
related category: Category:Films directed by Ken Annakin
start of work period: 1941-00-00
manner of death: natural causes

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