Terry Bishop

British film director

Terry Bishop
Born	Terence Egan Bishop (1912-10-21)21 October 1912 Chiswick, London, England
Died	30 October 1981(1981-10-30) (aged 69)
Occupation(s)	TV and film director
Years active	1941–1981

Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director.^[1]

Career

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^[2]^[3]^[4] and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film.^[5]

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.

Director credits (film)

The Western Isles (1941) – documentary short (as Terence Egan Bishop)
Kill That Rat! (1941) – public information short (for the Ministry of Agriculture/Ministry of Information)^[6]
Out of the Box (1942) – documentary short (for the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society)
The Royal Mile: Edinburgh (1943) – documentary short (as Terence Egan Bishop)
Five Towns (1947) – documentary short (for the Board of Trade)
A Tale in a Teacup (1947) – documentary short (for the Tea Bureau)
A Power in the Land (1947) – documentary short (for the Electrical Trades Union)
Daybreak in Udi (1949) – documentary (Crown Film Unit)
You're Only Young Twice (1952)
Journey to the Sea (1952) – documentary short (British Transport Films)
Savage World (1954) – documentary
Tim Driscoll's Donkey (1955)
Light Fingers (1957)
Model for Murder (1959)
Life in Danger (1959)
Cover Girl Killer (1959)
Danger Tomorrow (1960)
The Unstoppable Man (1960)
Hair of the Dog (1962)
Bomb in the High Street (1963)
Hamile a.k.a. The Tonga Hamlet (1964)
A Small Miracle (1976) – short (for the National Kidney Research Fund)^[7]
Suddenly Among Strangers (1981) – short (for the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children)^[7]

Director credits (television)

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957), 4 episodes, Sapphire Films/ITV
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956–1960), 35 episodes, Sapphire Films/ATV
The Buccaneers (1956), 2 episodes, Sapphire Films/ITC
Sword of Freedom (1957–1959), 14 episodes, Sapphire Films/ITV
The Adventures of William Tell (1958–1959), 6 episodes, ITC
Danger Man (1960–1961), 4 episodes, ITC/ATV
Kraft Mystery Theater (1961), 1 episode, NBC
Sir Francis Drake (1962), 6 episodes, ITC

References

^ BFI.org
^ "The Official Academy Awards Database". Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ Russell, Patrick. "5 Forgotten Filmmakers". BFI. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ Pugh, Jo. "Daybreak in Udi and the lost Oscar". The National Archives. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ "Daybreak in Udi". BAFTA. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ "Kill That Rat!". BFI. Retrieved 22 September 2023.^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Martin Curtis BSC". British Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 22 September 2023.