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James Hill

James Hill was a director, producer and writer, whose career spanned 52 years between 1937 and 1989. He is best remembered for his documentaries 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 (a.k.a. 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.


Aliases
  • Jimmy Hill
  • James A. Hill
  • James H. Hill
English
  • Born In Eldwick, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Born July 9, 1919
  • Died October 7, 1994
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Director

Episode The New Avengers
To Catch a Rat
1976
Episode The Avengers
Epic
1967
Movie Born Free 1966
Episode The New Avengers
Faces
1976
Episode The Avengers
Something Nasty in the Nursery
1967
Movie An Elephant Called Slowly 1969
Movie The Clue of the Missing Ape 1953
Movie Giuseppina 1960
Movie Peril for the Guy 1956
Episode C.A.T.S. Eyes
The Black Magic Man
1985
Episode The Avengers
Look- (stop me if you've heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers...
1968
Movie The Home-Made Car 1963
Episode The Persuaders!
A Home of One's Own
1971
Movie Trial and Error 1962
Movie The Lions Are Free 1969
Episode Journey to the Unknown
Paper Dolls
1968
Episode C.A.T.S. Eyes
Frightmare
1985
Episode The Avengers
The Forget-Me-Knot
1968
Movie Lunch Hour 1961
Episode C.A.T.S. Eyes
Love Byte
1985
Movie The Golden Head 1964
Episode The Saint
Starring the Saint
1963
Episode The Avengers
Castle De'ath
1965
Episode Prospects
Running All The Way (Part One)
1986
Episode The Saint
The High Fence
1964
Movie A Study in Terror 1965
Episode Prospects
Running All The Way (Part Two)
1986
Movie Black Beauty 1971
Movie The Man from O.R.G.Y. 1970
Movie The Corrupt Ones 1967
Episode The Avengers
Quick-Quick Slow Death
1966
Episode The Avengers
A Touch of Brimstone
1966
Movie Mystery in the Mine 1959
Episode The Saint
The Rhine Maiden
1965
Episode The Avengers
Honey for the Prince
1966
Movie The Belstone Fox 1973
Movie The Stolen Plans 1952
Episode The Human Jungle
The Vacant Chair
1963
Movie Captain Nemo and the Underwater City 1969
Movie The Wild and the Free 1980

Writer

Movie An Elephant Called Slowly 1969
Movie Giuseppina 1960
Movie Mr. Selkie 1979
Movie Peril for the Guy 1956
Movie The Home-Made Car 1963
Movie The Lions Are Free 1969
Movie Keeping Company 1940
Movie The Hoodlum Saint 1946
Movie The Lion at World's End 1971
Movie Mystery in the Mine 1959
Movie The Stolen Plans 1952

Producer

Movie An Elephant Called Slowly 1969
Movie Giuseppina 1960
Movie The Home-Made Car 1963
Movie The Lions Are Free 1969
Movie The Lion at World's End 1971