Ken Hughes
English film director, writer and producer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other persons named Ken Hughes, see Kenneth Hughes (disambiguation).
Kenneth Graham Hughes (19 January 1922 – 28 April 2001)[2] 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.[3] His other notable works included The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), Of Human Bondage (1964), Casino Royale (1967), and Cromwell (1970). He was an Emmy Award winner and a three-time BAFTA Award nominee.
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Born | Kenneth Graham Hughes (1922-01-19)19 January 1922 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
Died | 28 April 2001(2001-04-28) (aged 79) |
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Hughes has been called "a filmmaker whose output was consistently interesting and entertaining, and deserved more critical attention than it has received."[4]