Person Details

Birthday: 1929-01-10 14:55:03

Death: 1988-07-25 14:55:03

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 25

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Douglas Hickox (10 January 1929 – 25 July 1988) was an English film director. Hickox was born in London, where he was educated at Emanuel School. Hickox worked extensively as an assistant director and second unit director throughout the 50's and early 60's, making his first major picture in 1970. Over the next ten years, he developed a reputation for the wit and style of his direction, and for his taut action sequences. His work includes Les Bicyclettes de Belsize (1968), Entertaining Mr Sloane (1969), Theatre of Blood (1973) and Zulu Dawn (1979). Hickox was married to Anne V. Coates, the Oscar winning editor of Lawrence of Arabia. After his death in 1988, his second wife Annabel approached the BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) with an annual bequest from Douglas' estate. This bequest led directly to the creation of the British Independent Film Awards. In recognition of Douglas's commitment and support for new talent, BIFA inaugurated the Douglas Hickox Award, which is given to a British director on their debut feature. Douglas Hickox's sons, Anthony Hickox and James D.R. Hickox are also film directors and one of his daughters, Emma, a film editor. Anthony Hickox's best known work is perhaps Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992), whilst he was Executive Producer on Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995) directed by James D.R. Hickox. Emma E. Hickox's career has probably taken her the furthest though with films like The Jacket, Kinky Boots, Blood and Chocolate, Blue Crush, Becoming Jane and A Walk to Remember on her CV. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Hickox, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Murder She Said
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7

Murder She Said

(1961) Assistant Director
Zulu Dawn
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6

Zulu Dawn

(1979) Director
Theatre of Blood
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7

Theatre of Blood

(1973) Director
The Giant Behemoth
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6

The Giant Behemoth

(1959) Director
Brannigan
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6

Brannigan

(1975) Director
Sky Riders
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6

Sky Riders

(1976) Director
Sins
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8

Sins

(1986) Director
Sitting Target
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6

Sitting Target

(1972) Director

Acting

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1968 Director
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1961 Assistant Director
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1957 Assistant Director
1955 Assistant Director
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1954 Assistant Director
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1951 Director
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