John Cork
Known For: Production
Biography
John Cork is an American author, screenwriter, and documentary film director and producer. An avid James Bond fan, Cork has produced, written (along with Bruce Scivally), and directed more than thirty documentaries for MGM's releases of the James Bond films on DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming platforms. As an author, he and Scivally have written the biographies of Ian Fleming, Cubby Broccoli, and Harry Saltzman. Collectively, they have conducted over one hundred and fifty interviews with the creative talents behind the 007 films. They also contributed to The Ultimate James Bond: An Interactive Dossier, a CD-ROM for MGM Interactive.
Filmography
2015
- You Belong to Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South ... (Camera Operator)
2008
- Murnau, Borzage and Fox ... (Director)
- Reinventing Chan ... (Director)
- Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster as Self
- James Bond in the Bahamas
- Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali ... (Writer)
- The Making of 'Rebecca' ... (Writer)
- The Road to Casino Royale
- The Era of Chan ... (Director)
- Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise
- The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious' ... (Director)
- Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation
- The Sound of Silence: The Making of 'The Lodger' ... (Director)
- Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound' ... (Director)
- The Gothic World of Daphne du Maurier as Self
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz: A Personal Journey ... (Director)
- Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz ... (Director)
- Charlie Chan’s Killer Actress ... (Director)
- The Making of Charlie Chan in City of Darkness as Self
- Writing Chan: Robert Ellis & Helen Logan as Self
- Rhonda Fleming: A Cinderella Story ... (Director)
- Sidney Toler: The Man Who Became Chan ... (Director)
- Charlie Chan and the Zodiac ... (Director)
- The Real Four Jills ... (Director)
- The Real Treasure Island ... (Director)
- Hollywood Cavalcade: The Silent Dream ... (Director)
- Welcome to Reno: America’s Divorce Resort ... (Director)
- Directed by Leo McCarey ... (Director)
- Buster Keaton: Head Over Heels in Hollywood ... (Director)
- Hello Roscoe: The Fate of Fatty Arbuckle ... (Director)
- Reno Memories ... (Director)
- The Real Eve ... (Director)
- Hitchcock 101 ... (Director)
2007
- A Portrait of Danny Kaye ... (Director)
- Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star ... (Director)
- The World of Charlie Chan ... (Director)
- Chanograms: The Aphorisms of Charlie Chan ... (Director)
- Charlie Chan Is Missing: The Last Days of Warner Oland ... (Writer)
- Making the Team: The Talent of 'Pigskin Parade' ... (Director)
- Remembering Judy: Lorna Luft on Judy Garland ... (Writer)
- Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna ... (Director)
- Meet the Coach: Darryl F. Zanuck ... (Director)
- Moto Is Missing ... (Director)
- Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind 'Jane Eyre' ... (Director)
- Charlie Chan and the Rise of the Modern Detective ... (Director)
- Dr. Henry Lee: The Modern Day Charlie Chan ... (Director)
2006
- Bond in Greece ... (Writer)
- Charlie Chan at the Movies ... (Director)
- Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone ... (Director)
- On Tour with the Aston Martin DB5 ... (Writer)
- Layne Tom, Jr: The Adventures of Charlie Chan, Jr. ... (Director)
- The Legacy of Charlie Chan ... (Director)
- Roger Moore: My Word Is My Bond ... (Director)
- Location Scouting with Peter Lamont: Octopussy ... (Director)
- Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks ... (Writer)
- Number One Son: The Life of Keye Luke ... (Director)
- The Real Charlie Chan ... (Director)
- In Search of Charlie Chan ... (Producer)
- Bond in Cortina ... (Director)
2004
- Behind The Feline: 'The Cartoon Phenomenon' ... (Director)
2003
- A Bridge Too Far: Richard Attenborough - A Director Remembers ... (Director)
- A Distant Battle: Memories of Operation Market Garden ... (Director)
- The Pink Panther Story ... (Writer)
2002
- The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones ... (Director)
2001
- The Duke at Fox ... (Director)
2000
- Inside 'Moonraker' ... (Director)
- Inside 'You Only Live Twice' ... (Director)
- Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' ... (Director)
- Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn ... (Director)
- The Men Behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond ... (Producer)
- Inside 'For Your Eyes Only' ... (Director)
- Inside 'Licence to Kill' ... (Director)
- Inside The Living Daylights ... (Producer)
- Inside 'The Living Daylights' ... (Director)
- Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' ... (Director)
- Ian Fleming: 007's Creator ... (Director)
- Inside 'A View to a Kill' ... (Director)
- Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles ... (Director)
- Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' ... (Director)
- Inside 'Octopussy' ... (Director)
- Terence Young: Bond Vivant ... (Director)
- Inside Q's Lab ... (Director)
- Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond ... (Director)
- The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 ... (Producer)
- Inside 'From Russia with Love' ... (Director)
- Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' ... (Director)
- Inside 'Dr. No' ... (Director)
- Double-O Stunts ... (Director)
- Harry Saltzman: Showman ... (Director)
- Ken Adam: Designing Bond ... (Director)
1999
- Inside 'Live and Let Die' ... (Director)
1995
- Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' ... (Writer)
- Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' ... (Director)
- Inside 'Thunderball' ... (Director)
- The Goldfinger Phenomenon ... (Director)
1990
- The Long Walk Home ... (Writer)
1986
- Witchboard ... (Special Effects Assistant)