Gordon Hessler

from Berlin, Germany

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Biography

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Gordon Hessler (born 12 December 1930 in Berlin, Germany) is 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.

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Timeline

2005Aged 80

  • Poster for Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

    Self

1994Aged 69

  • Poster for Bad Blood

    Second Unit Director

1991Aged 66

  • Poster for Journey of Honor

    Director

1989Aged 64

  • Poster for Out on Bail

    Director

1988Aged 63

  • Poster for The Girl in a Swing

    Screenplay

1987Aged 62

  • Poster for Rage of Honor

    Director

  • Poster for The Misfit Brigade

    Director

1985Aged 60

  • Poster for The Master Ninja 5

    Director

  • Poster for Pray for Death

    Director

1983Aged 58

  • Poster for Escape from El Diablo

    Director

1981Aged 56

  • Poster for Evil Stalks This House

    Director

1980Aged 55

  • Poster for The Secret War of Jackie's Girls

    Director

1978Aged 53

  • Poster for Secrets of Three Hungry Wives

    Director

  • Poster for KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park

    Director

  • Poster for Puzzle

    Director

1977Aged 52

  • Poster for The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver

    Director

1976Aged 51

  • Poster for 3-Way Split

    Director

1974Aged 49

  • Poster for Skyway to Death

    Director

  • Poster for Hitchhike!

    Director

  • Poster for A Cry in the Wilderness

    Director

  • Poster for Betrayal

    Director

1973Aged 48

  • Poster for Medusa

    Director

  • Poster for Scream, Pretty Peggy

    Director

  • Poster for The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

    Director

1972Aged 47

  • Poster for Embassy

    Director

1971Aged 46

  • Poster for Murders in the Rue Morgue

    Director

1970Aged 45

  • Poster for Scream and Scream Again

    Director

  • Poster for Cry of the Banshee

    Executive Producer

1969Aged 44

  • Poster for The Last Shot You Hear

    Director

  • Poster for The Oblong Box

    Producer

1965Aged 40

  • Poster for Catacombs

    Director

1952Aged 27

  • Poster for Abstract in Concrete

    Editor