Terry Bishop
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-10-21
Day of Death
1981-10-30 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Chiswick, London, England, UK
Terry Bishop
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
Crew
(1985)
Love Beyond Reason - The Video Album
Lighting Director
(1964)
Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet
Director
(1962)
Hair of the Dog
Director
(1961)
Bomb in the High Street
Director
(1961)
The Unstoppable Man
Director, Writer
(1960)
Danger Tomorrow
Director
(1959)
Life in Danger
Director
(1959)
Cover Girl Killer
Director, Writer
(1959)
Model for Murder
Director, Screenplay
(1957)
Light Fingers
Director
(1955)
Tim Driscoll's Donkey
Director, Writer
(1954)
West of Zanzibar
Second Unit Director
(1953)
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Second Unit Director
(1952)
Journey to the Sea
Director
(1951)
You're Only Young Twice
Director, Writer
(1951)
The Man in the White Suit
Second Unit Director
(1949)
Daybreak in Udi
Director
(1947)
Five Towns
Director
(1947)
A Tale in a Teacup
Director
(1943)
The Royal Mile: Edinburgh
Director
(1942)
Down Our Street
Director
(1941)
The Western Isles
Writer, Director