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Gordon Hessler

Gordon Hessler

Known For Directing
Birthday Dec 12, 1925
Died Jan 19, 2014 (88)
Birthplace Berlin, Germany
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 05, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gordon Hessler was a British film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. He was raised in England and studied at the University of Reading. While a teenager, he moved to the United States and directed a series of short films and documentarie ... s. Universal Studios hired Hessler as a story reader for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series. He became story editor for two seasons (1960–1962) for that series, then served as the associate producer for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from 1962 until its cancellation in 1965. He directed episodes of that series and several other shows (including Hawaii Five-O). In 1969, he directed his debut feature film, The Oblong Box, starring Vincent Price. It was the first of three horror films Hessler would direct with the veteran horror star, the other two being Cry of the Banshee (1970) and Scream and Scream Again (1970). Hessler's other films include Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) and The Girl in a Swing (1988) starring Meg Tilly, an adaptation of Richard Adams's ghost story novel. The majority of Hessler's directorial work from the late-1970s to date has been in television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Hessler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Girl in a Swing

The Girl in a Swing

1988

Screenplay

Abstract in Concrete

Abstract in Concrete

1952

Editor

Out on Bail

Out on Bail

1989

Director

The Girl in a Swing

The Girl in a Swing

1988

Director

Rage of Honor

Rage of Honor

1987

Director

The Misfit Brigade

The Misfit Brigade

1987

Director

Pray for Death

Pray for Death

1985

Director

Escape from El Diablo

Escape from El Diablo

1983

Director

Evil Stalks This House

Evil Stalks This House

1981

Director

Puzzle

Puzzle

1978

Director

Hitchhike!

Hitchhike!

1974

Director

Skyway to Death

Skyway to Death

1974

Director

A Cry in the Wilderness

A Cry in the Wilderness

1974

Director

Betrayal

Betrayal

1974

Director

Medusa

Medusa

1973

Director

Scream, Pretty Peggy

Scream, Pretty Peggy

1973

Director

Embassy

Embassy

1972

Director

Cry of the Banshee

Cry of the Banshee

1970

Director

Scream and Scream Again

Scream and Scream Again

1970

Director

The Last Shot You Hear

The Last Shot You Hear

1969

Director

The Oblong Box

The Oblong Box

1969

Director

Catacombs

Catacombs

1965

Director

Cry of the Banshee

Cry of the Banshee

1970

Executive Producer

The Oblong Box

The Oblong Box

1969

Producer

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