Terry Bishop
- Directing
- October 21, 1912 · Chiswick, London, England, UK
- October 30, 1981
Biography
Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director. In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film. From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake. Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer (1959), featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models.
Known for
Filmography
- Love Beyond Reason - The Video Album · Lighting Director
- Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet · Director
- Bomb in the High Street · Director
- Hair of the Dog · Director
- Sir Francis Drake · Director
- The Unstoppable Man · Director, Writer
- Danger Man · Director
- Danger Tomorrow · Director
- Cover Girl Killer · Director, Writer
- Model for Murder · Screenplay, Director
- Life in Danger · Director
- The Adventures of William Tell · Director
- Light Fingers · Director
- The Buccaneers · Director
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot · Director
- The Adventures of Robin Hood · Director
- Tim Driscoll's Donkey · Director, Writer
- West of Zanzibar · Second Unit Director
- The Titfield Thunderbolt · Second Unit Director
- You're Only Young Twice! · Writer, Director
- Journey to the Sea · Director
- The Man in the White Suit · Second Unit Director
- Daybreak in Udi · Director
- A Tale in a Teacup · Director
- Five Towns · Director
- The Royal Mile: Edinburgh · Director
- Down Our Street · Director
- The Western Isles · Writer, Director