Gordon Hessler
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Gordon Hessler (born December 30, 1930 in Berlin, Germany) is a British film and television director, screenwriter, and producer.
Hessler began as a story editor for two seasons (1960 - 1962) on the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series, then served as the show's associate producer from 1962 until its cancellation in 1965. He directed episodes of that series and several other shows (including Hawaii 5-0).
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. Hessler's other films include The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) and The Girl in the Swing (1988) starring Meg Tilly, a critically acclaimed 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.
