FILM DIRECTOR

Terence Fisher

1904 - 1980

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Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a British film director best known for his work for Hammer Films. He was the first to bring gothic horror alive in full colour, and the sexual overtones and explicit horror in his films, while mild by modern standards, were unprecedented in his day. His first major gothic horror film was The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), which launched Hammer's association with the genre and made British actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee leading horror stars of the era. He went on to film several adaptations of classic horror subjects, including Dracula (1958), The Mummy (1959), and The Curse of the Werewolf (1961). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Terence Fisher is the 714th most popular film director (up from 757th in 2019), the 2,889th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,674th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Terence Fisher ranks 714 out of 2,041. Before him are Andrew Niccol, Brad Bird, Karel Lamač, Nana Jorjadze, Alberto Cavalcanti, and Yoji Yamada. After him are Barry Sonnenfeld, David O. Russell, Rajko Grlić, Ivan Pyryev, Pasquale Festa Campanile, and Russell Mulcahy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Terence Fisher ranks 178. Before him are Fats Waller, K. L. Saigal, Antonin Magne, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, Piero Toscani, and Vlado Perlemuter. After him are Xenophon Zolotas, Hertta Kuusinen, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Robert Montgomery, Herbert Selpin, and Srečko Kosovel. Among people deceased in 1980, Terence Fisher ranks 161. Before him are Andrija Anković, Yakov Malik, Nihat Erim, Sanjay Gandhi, Jan Werich, and Dorothy Day. After him are Boris Delaunay, Jean Robic, Katherine Anne Porter, Ángel Sanz Briz, Fatmawati, and Rachel Roberts.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Terence Fisher ranks 2,890 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Brise (1952), Edward Coke (1552), Denny Laine (1944), Amy Robsart (1532), Johnny Clegg (1953), and Charlie Hunnam (1980). After him are Ernest Starling (1866), Hubert Parry (1848), Richard Norman Shaw (1831), Andrew Latimer (1949), André Waterkeyn (1917), and Edmund Leach (1910).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Terence Fisher ranks 55. Before him are Anthony Asquith (1902), John Madden (1949), Sally Potter (1949), James Whale (1889), Andrew Birkin (1945), and John Glen (1932). After him are Matthew Vaughn (1971), Norman McLaren (1914), Paul Greengrass (1955), Gareth Edwards (1975), Laura Mulvey (1941), and Edmund Goulding (1891).

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