Gordon Hessler
Born: 1925-12-12 in Berlin, Germany
Died: 2014-01-19
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gordon Hessler was a British film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. He was raised in England and studied at the University of Reading. While a teenager, he moved to the United States and directed a series of short films and documentaries. Universal Studios hired Hessler as a story reader for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series. He became story editor for two seasons (1960–1962) for that series, then served as the associate producer for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from 1962 until its cancellation in 1965. He directed episodes of that series and several other shows (including Hawaii Five-O). In 1969, he directed his debut feature film, The Oblong Box, starring Vincent Price. It was the first of three horror films Hessler would direct with the veteran horror star, the other two being Cry of the Banshee (1970) and Scream and Scream Again (1970). Hessler's other films include Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) and The Girl in a Swing (1988) starring Meg Tilly, an adaptation of Richard Adams's ghost story novel. The majority of Hessler's directorial work from the late-1970s to date has been in television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Hessler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2005
1994
- Bad Blood ... (Second Unit Director)
1991
- Journey of Honor ... (Director)
1989
- Out on Bail ... (Director)
1988
- The Girl in a Swing ... (Director)
1987
- The Misfit Brigade ... (Director)
- Rage of Honor ... (Director)
1985
- The Equalizer ... (Director)
- Pray for Death ... (Director)
- The Master Ninja 5 ... (Director)
1984
- The Master ... (Director)
1983
- Escape from El Diablo ... (Director)
1981
- Evil Stalks This House ... (Director)
1980
- The Secret War of Jackie's Girls ... (Director)
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected ... (Director)
1978
- The Eddie Capra Mysteries ... (Director)
- Little Women ... (Director)
- KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park ... (Director)
- Secrets of Three Hungry Wives ... (Director)
- Puzzle ... (Director)
1977
- CHiPs ... (Director)
- The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver ... (Director)
1976
- Spencer's Pilots ... (Director)
- 3-Way Split ... (Director)
1975
- Switch ... (Director)
- Wonder Woman ... (Director)
1974
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker ... (Director)
- Lucas Tanner ... (Director)
- Amy Prentiss ... (Director)
- Betrayal ... (Director)
- Skyway to Death ... (Director)
- Hitchhike! ... (Director)
- A Cry in the Wilderness ... (Director)
1973
- The Golden Voyage of Sinbad ... (Director)
- Medusa ... (Director)
- Scream, Pretty Peggy ... (Director)
1971
- Murders in the Rue Morgue ... (Director)
1970
- Cry of the Banshee ... (Director)
- Scream and Scream Again ... (Director)
1969
- The Oblong Box ... (Director)
- The Last Shot You Hear ... (Director)
1968
- Hawaii Five-O ... (Director)
1965
- Run for Your Life ... (Producer)
- Catacombs ... (Director)
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ... (Director)
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ... (Associate Producer)
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents ... (Director)
1952
- Abstract in Concrete ... (Editor)