Terence Bishop Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Screenwriter
Biography:: British director Terry Bishop made commercial films during the '40s, '50s and '60s. He began his career as a sound assistant in the early 1930s. In 1941, he began directing documentaries and in 1949, he won an Academy Award for Daybreak in Udi, a film he made for the British Information Services....Read More

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Hamile

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Hamile is a filmed record of the University of Ghana's production of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Kofi Middleton-Mends plays Hamile, aka Hamlet -- not the Melancholy Dane but the Melancholy Tongan, for the action has been relocated to Tongo. In case there's any confusion, however, here's a little guide Read More

1965
Life in Danger

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this taut British drama, a wanderer becomes friends with a would-be runaway teenage girl. The two end up in a local barn and there she attempts to convince him to take her away from her unhappy homelife, but he will not. Meanwhile, police stage a massive manhunt for a fugitive child killer as Read More

1964
Hair of the Dog

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This comedy features a commissionaire who hates shaving and establishes a strike at a razor manufacturing company to get his point across. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1962
Bomb in the High Street

Crew: Director

Synopsis: A bomb threat is used as a ploy to gain access to a bank. The robbers are supposed to enter the bank disguised as bomb squad experts. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1961
Model for Murder

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: If you don't expect Casablanca, you'll derive some pleasure from Model for Murder. This British programmer stars American actor Keith Andes. In England to seek out his dead brother's girlfriend, Andes crosses the path of jewel robbers. Hazel Court is the lady in question, whose true involvement in Read More

1960
Cover Girl Killer

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Cover Girl Killer demonstrates that the sleaze market was as active in 1960 as today. In this grindhouse quickie, some looney tune is bumping off photographer's models. A Hugh Hefner-type girlie mag publisher, anxious that his talent pool not be depleted, sets a trap for the killer. The Read More

1960
The Unstoppable Man

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this suspenseful crime drama, a canny American businessman living in London devises an ingenious plan to get his kidnapped son back. First he sends the required ransom. As per his plan, the abductors begin fighting amongst themselves for the loot. The death of one crook leaves behind invaluable Read More

1959
Light Fingers

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this comedy, a woman finds herself addicted to auctions and begins bringing the strangest things back to her home. Her husband, ignorant of her passion, begins suspecting her of kleptomania and hires a detective to spy on her. He next sends her to a psychiatrist. After the woman gets wise to Read More

1957
Danger Tomorrow

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this thriller, a doctor's wife discovers that she has ESP. When she suffers a recurring vision of a murder she begins to lose her mind. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1957
Tim Driscoll's Donkey

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: The devotion between an Irish orphan boy and his beloved pet donkey provides the basis of this touching children's adventure. The boy had been living on his grandfather's farm helping to raise the beasts of burden when his beloved pet, Patchy, is inadvertently sold and shipped to England. Read More

1955
You're Only Young Twice

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: A notorious Irish rebel poet disguises his true identity while working as a gatekeeper at a Scottish university. He also moonlights as a bookie and things go well until a pretty young relative shows up and spills the beans. Comedy ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1952
Daybreak in Udi

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Daybreak in Udi is an interesting hybrid: part documentary, part dramatization. Filmed in the Nigerian village of Udi, the story concerns a group of native townsfolk who set about improving their living standards on their own. Offering token assistance is E. R. Chadwick, the real-life District Read More

1949