Ken Annakin

Ken Annakin
Annakin in 1969
Born
Kenneth Cooper Annakin

(1914-08-10)10 August 1914
Died22 April 2009(2009-04-22) (aged 94)
Burial placeWestwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
OccupationFilm director
Years active1941–1992
StyleComedies, Adventure comedy, Epic movies, Ensemble cast comedies, Adventure films, Action films
Spouse
Pauline Carter
(m. 1959)
Children2

Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009)[1] was an English film director.

His career spanned half a century, beginning in the early 1940s and ending in 1992, and in the 1960s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Battle of the Bulge, The Biggest Bundle of Them All and Monte Carlo or Bust!. During his career, Annakin directed nearly 50 pictures.

  1. ^ Hevesi, Dennis (24 April 2009). "Ken Annakin, 'Magnificent' Director, Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 April 2009.