Roy Ward Baker
Roy Baker
About the person
Career:
Directing
Date of birth:1916-12-19
Place of birth:London, England
Gender:Male
Popularity:0
Date of death2010-10-05
93Biography
Roy Ward Baker was an English film director born in London on 19 December 1916. His best known film is A Night to Remember which won a Golden Globe for best foreign English language film in 1959. His later career was varied, and included many horror films and television shows. Baker's early career, from 1934 to 1939, was spent working for Gainsborough Pictures, a British film production company based in Islington, North London, famous for its prestige productions. His first jobs were menial - making tea for crew members, for example - but by 1938 he had risen through the ranks to work as assistant director on Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
Filmography
Rating by year
- A History of HorrorSelf2010-10-117.120
- Sodankylä ForeverSelf2010-06-186.45
- The Saint Steps In... To TelevisionHimself2008-12-019.02
- Inside the Fear FactoryHimself2003-12-018.01
- Von WerraSelf2002-01-167.32
- A Profile of Hitchcock: The Early YearsSelf2000-01-017.25
- Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of HorrorSelf1994-08-067.313
- Hitchcock: Alfred the GreatHimself1994-07-017.02
- Fists of FireSelf1975-01-160.00