James Hill (British director)
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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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Selected filmography
Year | Title | As | Notes | ||
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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" />
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Awards
Year | Status | Award | Category / Title | ||
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1961 | Won | Academy Award | Best Documentary, Short Subjects for: Giuseppina (1960) | ||
1963 | Won | Berlin International Film Festival: | 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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