Terry Bishop

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting
Born1912-10-21
BirthplaceChiswick, London, England, UK

Terry Bishop

Directing

Biography

Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director.

In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film.

From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake.

Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer (1959), featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models.

Filmography

Production & Directing (28)

10.0
1962
7.5
8.0
8.0
1960
6.4
5.1
1959
5.1
1959
6.7
1959
6.7
1959
8.3
1957
9.0
8.0
1954
West of ZanzibarSecond Unit Director
5.5
1953
The Titfield ThunderboltSecond Unit Director
7.0
1952
1951
The Man in the White SuitSecond Unit Director
6.9
1949
4.8
1947
1947
Five TownsDirector
1942
8.0
1941
8.0