James Hill

from Eldwick, Yorks, England, UK

Biography

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James ("Jimmy") Hill (1 August 1919 - 7 October 1994) was a British film and television director, screenwriter and producer whose career spanned 52 years between 1937–1989, best remembered for his documentaries and short subjects such as Giuseppina and The Home Made Car, and as director of the internationally acclaimed Born Free.

Hill also directed, produced and/or wrote such diverse films as Black Beauty, A Study in Terror, Every Day's a Holiday, The Lion at World's End (aka Christian the Lion), Captain Nemo and the Underwater City, The Man from O.R.G.Y., and the children's television series' Worzel Gummidge and Worzel Gummidge Down Under.

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Timeline

1990Aged 71

  • Poster for Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream

    Self

1983Aged 64

  • Poster for Owain Glyndŵr - Prince of Wales

    Writer

1980Aged 61

  • Poster for The Wild and the Free

    Director

  • Poster for A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special

    Producer

1979Aged 60

  • Poster for Mr. Selkie

    Writer

1975Aged 56

  • Poster for The Man from Nowhere

    Director

1974Aged 55

  • Poster for London Conspiracy

    Director

1973Aged 54

  • Poster for The Belstone Fox

    Writer

1971Aged 52

  • Poster for The Lion at World's End

    Director

  • Poster for Black Beauty

    Director

1970Aged 51

  • Poster for The Man from O.R.G.Y.

    Director

1969Aged 50

1968Aged 49

  • Poster for Journey Into Darkness

    Director

1967Aged 48

  • Poster for The Corrupt Ones

    Director

1966Aged 47

  • Poster for Born Free

    Director

  • Poster for The Specialist

    Director

1965Aged 46

  • Poster for Every Day's a Holiday

    Screenplay

  • Poster for A Study in Terror

    Director

1963Aged 44

  • Poster for The Home-Made Car

    Director

1962Aged 43

  • Poster for Lunch Hour

    Director

  • Poster for The Dock Brief

    Director

1961Aged 42

  • Poster for The Kitchen

    Director

  • Poster for A Sunday in September

    Director

1960Aged 41

  • Poster for Giuseppina

    Script

1959Aged 40

  • Poster for Mystery in the Mine

    Director

1958Aged 39

  • Poster for Skyhook

    Director

1956Aged 37

  • Poster for Peril for the Guy

    Writer

  • Poster for Reach for the Sky

    Second Unit Director

1953Aged 34

  • Poster for The Clue of the Missing Ape

    Writer

1952Aged 33

1946Aged 27

  • Poster for The Hoodlum Saint

    Writer

1942Aged 23