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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.


Selected filmography

Year Title As Notes
1949 A Journey for Jeremy director
1952 The Stolen Plans director, writer
1953 The Clue of the Missing Ape director, writer aka Gibraltar Adventure
1955 The New Explorers director for BP
1960 Giuseppina director, producer, writer a James Hill Production for BP
see Awards bellow
1961 The Kitchen director
1961 Lunch Hour director composed main theme
1962 The Dock Brief director aka Trial and Error (USA) starring
Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough
1963 The Home-Made Car director, writer, producer a James Hill Production; see Awards below
1964 Every Day's a Holiday director, screenplay aka Seaside Swingers (USA),
The Adventures of Tim (UK: video title)
1964 The Golden Head co-director with Richard Thorpe
1965 A Study in Terror director aka Fog
1965 Born Free director see Awards below; trailer, Fandango.com: [1]
1967 The Lions Are Free director, writer, producer trailer, videoemo.com [2]
1967 Die Hölle von Macao director aka The Peking Medallion
1967 An Elephant Called Slowly director, writer, producer
1969 Captain Nemo and the Underwater City director
1970 The Man from O.R.G.Y. director aka, The Real Gone Girls
1971 The Lion at World's End writer, producer aka, Christian the Lion
1971 Black Beauty director, additional dialogue
1973 Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa producer
1973 The Belstone Fox director, writer aka Free Spirit
1975 The Man from Nowhere director
1976 London Conspiracy director
1979–1981 Worzel Gummidge director, producer children's TV series
1980 The Wild and the Free director
1983 Owain Glendower, Prince of Wales (TV) director, writer
1984 The Young Visitors director, screenplay, producer
1987–1989 Worzel Gummidge Down Under director, writer children's series, directed 13 episodes, wrote 3

Hill appeared as himself in:

  • The Lion at World's End (1971) aka Christian the Lion (USA)
  • Without Walls Documentary (1992), episode “The Avengers”
  • Avenging the Avengers Documentary (archival footage) (2000)<ref name="imdb" />

Awards

Year Status Award Category / Title
1961 Won Academy Award Best Documentary, Short Subjects for: Giuseppina (1960)
1963 Won Berlin International Film Festival:

Silver Bear

Special Prize: Short Film for: The Home-Made Car (1963)
1963 Honorable Mention Berlin International Film Festival:

Youth Film Award

Best Short Film Suitable for Young People for: The Home-Made Car (1963)
1964 Nominated Academy Award: Oscar Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects for: The Home-Made Car (1963)
1967 Nominated Directors Guild of America:

DGA Award

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for: Born Free (1966)
1980 Nominated BAFTA TV Award 'Harlequin' (Drama/Light Entertainment) for: Worzel Gummidge (1979)
1981 Nominated BAFTA TV Award 'Harlequin' (Drama/Light Entertainment) for: Worzel Gummidge (1979)
1982 Nominated BAFTA TV Award 'Harlequin' (Drama/Light Entertainment) for: Worzel Gummidge (1979)




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