Derek Williams

Director

Born: August 20, 1929
Died: August 2, 2021 (age 91)
From: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK

Derek Williams (20 August 1929 – 2 August 2021) was a British documentary film director and writer who was active from the 1950s until 1990. His films received four British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs) and five Oscar nominations (four as director and writer and one as writer only) all in the short documentary classification. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he was educated at…

Filmography (15)

Planet Water
Planet Water (1979)
Director
The Shetland Experience (1977)
Director
The Shadow of Progress (1970)
Director
Algerian Pipeline (1967)
Director
Health of a City
Health of a City (1965)
Director
Turkey: The Bridge (1965)
Director
At the Villa Rosa
At the Villa Rosa (1964)
Director
Treasure in Malta (1963)
Director
Carnival
Carnival (1963)
Director
Escape to Gozo
Escape to Gozo (1963)
Director
Kidnapped
Kidnapped (1963)
Director
By Jiminy
By Jiminy (1963)
Director
Hunted in Holland (1961)
Director
There Was a Door (1957)
Director
Foothold on Antarctica (1957)
Narrator

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