Gilling, John, 1912-1985
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- Gilling, Jack, 1912-1985
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1910-05-29
Birth Date
- 1912-05-29
Birth Date
- 1912-05-29
Death Date
- 1984
Death Date
- 1985
Death Date
- 1984-11-22
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Tempean Films
- Organization: Hammer Film Productions
Birth Place
- London (England)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Horror films--Production and direction
(lcsh) Crime films--Production and direction
(lcsh) Action and adventure films--Production and direction
(lcsh) B films--Production and direction
Occupation
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Sources
- found: The Mummy's shroud, 1967:credits (directed by John Gilling, screenplay by John Gilling)
- found: It takes a thief, ©2014:opening credits (original story and screenplay by John Gilling ; directed by John Gilling)
- found: The A-Z of horror films, 1996(John Gilling, British writer-producer-director; b. 1912, d. 1985)
- found: The encyclopedia of British film, 2013:page 290 (John Gilling; born, London 1912-died Madrid, 1984; screenwriter, director; career divided among three companies: Tempean, Warwick and Hammer; best known for his contributions to the horror genre for Hammer; he directed and wrote a string of "B films" for Tempean; for Warwick, he made eight action films)
- found: Katz, E. The film encyclopedia, ©2008:page 553 (John Gilling; director, screenwriter; born May 29, 1910, England; died 1984; wrote screenplays for his own films as well as those of others; turned out many low-to-medium-budget thrillers and adventure pictures; known for horror pictures)
- found: Halliwell's filmgoer's and video viewer's companion:page 319 (John Gilling; British writer-directer who turned out dozens of crime and adventure potboilers)
- found: IMDb, November 4, 2015(John Gilling; writer, director; born May 29, 1912 in London, England; died November 22, 1984 in Madrid, Spain; alternate name: Jack Gilling; writer-director of potboilers and horror films of variable quality)
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Change Notes
- 1998-11-05: new
- 2021-11-18: revised
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