Ken Annakin Discussion

Ken Annakin: Ken Annakin. Director: The Longest Day. A former salesman and journalist, Ken Annakin got into the film industry making documentary shorts. His feature debut, Holiday Camp (1947), was a comedy about a Cockney family on vacation. It was made for the Rank Organization and was a modest success, spawning three sequels, all of which he directed. He worked steadily thereafter, mainly in light comedies. One of his more atypical films...

Known For: The Longest Day (Director(British exterior episodes)), The Pirate Movie (Director), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (Director), Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (Director)