Holiday Camp (Viel Vergnügen, 1947-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Muriel Box, Sydney Box, Peter Rogers; Mabel Constanduros, Denis Constanduros, Ted Willis, K: Jack Cox, M: Bob Busby, D: Flora Robson, Dennis Price) 97m-Komödie (4708)

Miranda (Miranda, 1947-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Peter Blackmore; Denis Waldock, K: Ray Elton, M: Temple Abady, D: Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, John McCallum) 80m-Komödie (4804)

Broken Journey (Notlandung, 1947/48-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Robert Westerby, K: Jack Cox, M: John Greenwood, D: Phyllis Calvert, Margot Grahame, James Donald, Francis L. Sullivan, Raymond Huntley) 89m-Katastrophendrama (4804)

Quartet (Quartett, 1948-GB; B: R.C. Sherriff, M: John Greenwood > The Colonel's Lady * R: Ken Annakin, K: Reginald Wyer, D: Cecil Parker) 120m-Episodenfilm (04; 4810)

Here Come the Huggetts (1948-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Mabel Constanduros, Denis Constanduros, Muriel Box, Sydney Box, Peter Rogers, K: Reginald Wyer, M: Antony Hopkins, D: Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Jane Hylton, Susan Shaw, Petula Clark) 93m-Tragikomödie (4811)

Vote for Huggett (1948-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Mabel Constanduros, Denis Constanduros, Allan MacKinnon, K: Reginald Wyer, M: Antony Hopkins, D: Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison) 84m-Komödie (4902)

The Huggetts Abroad (1949-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Mabel Constanduros, Denis Constanduros, Ted Willis, Gerard Bryant, K: Reginald Wyer, D: Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison) 89m-Komödie (4905)

Landfall (1949-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Talbot Jennings; Gilbert Gunn, Anne Burnaby, K: Wilkie Cooper, M: Philip Green, D: Michael Denison, Patricia Plunkett) 88m-Drama (Roman von Nevil Shute) (04-?; 4910)

Double Confession (1949/50-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: William Templeton; Ralph Keene, K: Geoffrey Unsworth, M: Benjamin Frankel, D: Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Peter Lorre) 85m-Krimidrama (Roman von John Garden) (5004)

Trio (So ist das Leben, 1950-GB; B: W. Somerset Maugham, R.C. Sheriff, Noel Langley > The Verger * R: Ken Annakin, K: ?Reginald Wyer, M: John Greenwood, D: James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison) 91m-Episodenfilm (5008)

Hotel Sahara (1951-GB) (5107)

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (Robin Hood und seine tollkühnen Gesellen, 1951-USA; R: Ken Annakin, B: Lawrence Edward Watkin, K: Guy Green, M: Clifton Parker, D: Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch) 84m-Abenteuer (04-?; 5203)

The Planter's Wife (Weiße Frau im Dschungel, 1952-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Peter Proud, Guy Elmes, K: Geoffrey Unsworth, M: Allan Gray, D: Claudette Colbert, Jack Hawkins) 91m-Abenteuerdrama (Frühjahr; 5209)

The Sword and the Rose (Eine Prinzessin verliebt sich, 1952-USA; R: Ken Annakin, B: Lawrence Edward Watkin, K: Geoffrey Unsworth, M: Clifton Parker, D: Richard Todd, Glynis Johns) 93m-Historiendrama (Roman von Charles Major) (07-11; 5308)

You Know What Sailors Are (Endstation Harem, 1953-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Peter Rogers, K: Reginald Wyer, M: Malcolm Arnold, D: Akim Tamiroff * Donald Sinden * Sarah Lawson * Naunton Wayne) 89m-Komödie (Roman Sylvester von Edward Hyams, 1951) (5402)

The Seekers (Dämonen der Südsee, 1954-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: William Fairchild, K: Geoffrey Unsworth, M: William Alwyn, D: Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns) 90m-Abenteuer (Roman von John Guthrie) (5406)

Value for Money (Lieber reich - aber glücklich, 1955-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: R.F. Delderfield, William Fairchild, K: Geoffrey Unsworth, M: Malcolm Arnold, D: John Gregson, Diana Dors, Susan Stephen, Derek Farr) 93m-Komödie (Roman von Derrick Boothroyd) (5508)

Loser Takes All (1956-GB) (Roman von Graham Greene) (5701)

Three Men in a Boat (Drei Mann in einem Boot, 1956-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Hubert Gregg, Vernon Harris, K: Eric Cross, M: John Addison, D: Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, David Tomlinson) 94m-Komödie (Roman von Jerome K. Jerome) (5612)

Across the Bridge (Die Brücke der Vergeltung, 1957-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Guy Elmes, Denis Freeman, K: Reginald Wyer, M: James Bernard, D: Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Noel Willman) 103/5m-Psychokrimi (Erzählung von Grahame Greene) (5708)

Nor the Moon by Night (Velaba ruft, 1958-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Guy Elmes, K: Harry Waxman, M: James Bernard, D: Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Patrick McGoohan, Anna Gaylor) 92m-Abenteuer (Roman von Joy Packer) (5807?09)

Third Man on the Mountain (Der dritte Mann im Berg, 1959-USA; R: Ken Annakin, B: Eleanore Griffin, K: Harry Waxman, M: William Alwyn, D: Michael Rennie, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, James Donald) 105m-Abenteuerdrama (Buch/Roman von James Ramsey Ullman) (07-10 ? ?-06; 5911)

Swiss Family Robinson (Dschungel der 1000 Gefahren, 1959/60-USA; R: Ken Annakin, B: Lowell S. Hawley, K: Harry Waxman, M: William Alwyn, D: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro) 128m-Abenteuer (Roman von Johann Wyss) (08-01; 6012)

Very Important Person (1961-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Jack Davies, Henry Blyth, K: Ernest Steward, M: Reg Owen, D: James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips) 98m-Komödie [Roman von John Foley] (6104)

The Hellions (Platz nehmen zum Sterben, 1961-GB/ZA; R: Ken Annakin, B: Harold Swanton, Patrick Kirwan, Harold Huth, K: Ted Moore, M: Larry Adler, D: Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Jamie Uys, Marty Wilde, James Booth, Lionel Jeffries) 80/4m-Abenteuer (6111)

The Longest Day (Der längste Tag, 1961/62-USA; R: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, B: Cornelius Ryan; Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Jack Seddon, K: Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz, M: Maurice Jarre, D: John Wayne + all-star cast) 180m-Kriegsepos (Buch von Cornelius Ryan) (08?06-04; 6210)

Crooks Anonymous (So ein Gauner hat's nicht leicht, 1962-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Jack Davies, Henry Blyth, K: Ernest Steward, M: Muir Mathieson, George Martin, D: Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter, Wilfrid Hyde-White) 87m-Krimikomödie (6204)

The Fast Lady (O Darling - was für ein Verkehr, 1962-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Jack Davies, Henry Blyth, K: Reginald Wyer, M: Norrie Paramor, D: James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter, Kathleen Harrison) 95m-Komödie (6301)

The Informers (Polizeispitzel X 2, 1962/63-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Alun Falconer, K: Reginald Wyer, M: Clifton Parker, D: Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting) 104m-Krimi (Roman von Douglas Warner) (6311)

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (Die tollkühnen Männer in ihren fliegenden Kisten, 1964-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Jack Davies, Ken Annakin, K: Christopher Challis, M: Ron Goodwin, D: Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert Morley, Gert Fröbe, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Irina Demick, Eric Sykes, Terry-Thomas, Red Skelton) 132m-Komödie (6506)

Battle of the Bulge (1965-USA) (6512)

The Long Duel (Der Kampf, 1966-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Peter Yeldham; Ernest Borneman, Geoffrey Orme, K: Jack Hildyard, M: John Scott, D: Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard) 115m-Abenteuer (6707)

The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1966-USA) (6801)

Monte Carlo or Bust / Quei temerari sulle loro pazze, scatenate, scalcinate carriole / Gonflés à bloc (Monte Carlo Rallye, 1968-GB/I/F; R: Ken Annakin, B: Ken Annakin, Jack Davies, K: Gabor Pogany, M: Ron Goodwin, D: Bourvil, Lando Buzzanca, Walter Chiari, Peter Cook, Tony Curtis, Mireille Darc, Marie Dubois, Gert Fröbe, Susan Hampshire, Jack Hawkins, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Dudley Moore, Peer Schmidt, Eric Sykes, Terry-Thomas) 120/5m-Komödie (04-?; 6906)

Der Ruf der Wildnis / The Call of the Wild (1972-D/E/I/F) (Roman von Jack London) (7211)

Paper Tiger (Papiertiger, 1974-GB; R: Ken Annakin, B: Jack Davies, K: John Cabrera, D: David Niven, Toshiro Mifune, Hardy Krüger) 99m-Abenteuer (7505)

The 5th Musketeer (1976/77-A/USA) (Roman von Alexandre Dumas, père) (10-?; 7904)

Cheaper to Keep Her (1980-USA; R: Ken Annakin, B: Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod, K: Roland Smith, M: Dick Halligan, D: Mac Davis, Tovah Feldshuh) 92m-Liebeskomödie (?)

The Pirate Movie (Pirate Movie, 1981-AUS; R: Ken Annakin, B: Trevor Farrant, K: Robin Copping, MS: Peter Sullivan, D: Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins) 93/105m-Fantasykomödie (10-?; 8208)

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking / Pippi Långstrump - starkast i världen (Pippi Langstrumpfs neueste Streiche, 1987-USA/S; R+B: Ken Annakin, K: Roland Smith, M: Misha Segal, D: Tami Erin, Eileen Brennan, Dennis Dugan, Dianne Hull, George DiCenzo, John Schuck & Dick Van Patten) 100m-Kinderkomödie (Bücher von Astrid Lindgren) (05-07; 8807)

Ken Annakin: So You Wanna Be a Director? London: Tomahawk Media, 2005 - 286 S.

Yorkshire-born Ken Annakin is one of the greatest international film directors. The last of the English directors to make it in the international arena (others included Hitchcock and Lean), this autobiography traces Annakin's career from his early British films through to Hollywood. He has directed, written and produced over 50 feature films in Africa, India, Malaysia, Scandinavia, China, Europe and the United States. His films include: Swiss Family Robinson, The Longest Day, Battle of the Bulge, and Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. Annakin's autobiography includes personal and revealing insights into many film personalities, including: Claudette Colbert; Edward G. Robinson; David Niven; Raquel Welch; Rod Steiger; Tony Curtis; Henry Fonda; Olivia de Havilland; Robert Ryan; Charlton Heston; Julie Christie; Robert Wagner; Charles Bronson; Peter Sellers; Peter Ustinov; Darryl Zanuck; Walt Disney and Terry Thomas. This book is forthright and pulls no punches. It will soon become a classic among director's autobiographies. Detailing his own frustrations with sex-mad producers, drug-addicted actors, and unions which sabotaged multi-million dollar feature films. Annakin details a career of dizzying highs and bleak lows. This master of family entertainment also sounds a clarion call for a return to motion pictures which are fun for the whole family. So You Wanna Be A Director? is an entertaining and witty travelogue, as well as an important document of film history.