Ken Hughes

Born

1922-01-19

Died

2001-04-28

Birthplace

Liverpool, England

Biography

Kenneth Graham Hughes (19 January 1922 – 28 April 2001) was an English film director and screenwriter. He worked on over 30 feature films between 1952 and 1981, including the 1968 musical fantasy film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, based on the Ian Fleming novel of the same name. His other notable works included The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), Of Human Bondage (1964), Casino Royale (1967), and Cromwell (1970). He won an Emmy Award and was a three-time BAFTA Award nominee. Hughes has been called "a filmmaker whose output was consistently interesting and entertaining, and deserved more critical attention than it has received." Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Hughes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.