Peter Sykes (director)

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Peter Sykes (born June 17, 1939 in Melbourne , † March 1, 2006 ) was an Australian director .

Sykes moved to London in 1963 , where he began training with the BBC . He then made a few documentaries.

In 1968 he took over the direction of the feature film The Committee . With a recommendation from the screenwriter Christopher Wicking , he was given the opportunity to direct the hammer film Demons of the Soul . Sykes subsequently directed other horror films such as The House in Nightmare Park and The Bride of Satan .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1968: The Committee
  • 1968–1969: With umbrella, charm and bowler hat ( The Avengers , TV series, two episodes)
  • 1971: Venom
  • 1972: demons of the soul (Demons of the Mind)
  • 1973: The House in Nightmare Park
  • 1973: You Ride Again (Steptoe and Son Ride Again)
  • 1973–1974: Orson Welles narrated ( Great Mysteries , television series, five episodes)
  • 1976: The Bride of Satan (To the Devil a Daughter)
  • 1979: Jesus
  • 1981: The Search for Alexander the Great (mini-series, four episodes)
  • 1984: The Irish RM (TV series, three episodes)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marjorie Bilbow: The Facts about a Feature Film: Featuring Hammer Films. Whizzard Publications for Scholastic Publications (1978), 12
  2. ^ Brian McFarlane (ed.): The Cinema of Britain and Ireland. , Wallflower Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1904764380 , page 167
personal data
SURNAME Sykes, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian director
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Australia
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 2006