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Don Sharp

Don Sharp

Don Sharp

1922-04-19

DIRECTING

Biography

Donald Herman Sharp was an Australian film director. His best known films were made for Hammer in the 1960s, and included Kiss of the Vampire and Rasputin, the Mad Monk. In 1965 he directed The Face of Fu Manchu, based on the character created by Sax Rohmer, and starring Christopher Lee.

Best known for:

The Avengers

The Kiss of the Vampire

Curse of the Fly

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Psychomania

The Cruel Sea

Hammer House of Horror

Bear Island

The Face of Fu Manchu

The Brides of Fu Manchu

The Thirty Nine Steps

Dark Places

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

Witchcraft

Puppet on a Chain

Our Man in Marrakesh

The Devil-Ship Pirates

The Champions

What Waits Below

Callan

Hennessy

Tears in the Rain

Follow Me!

The Four Feathers

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

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Filmography:

Ha'penny Breeze (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Johnny Craig
WORK AS:
Writer, Producer
The Planter's Wife (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Lt. Summers
The Cruel Sea (1953)
5.6
APPEREAD AS:
Lieutenant-Commander
Conflict of Wings (1954)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Child's Play (1954)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Stolen Airliner (1955)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Blue Peter (1955)
WORK AS:
Writer, Screenplay
The Golden Disc (1958)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay

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The Professionals (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
The Avengers (1961)
6.5
WORK AS:
Director
Ghost Squad (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
The Human Jungle (1963)
WORK AS:
Director
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
4.8
WORK AS:
Director
It's All Happening (1963)
WORK AS:
Director
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
WORK AS:
Director
Witchcraft (1964)
WORK AS:
Director

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Legend of a Gunfighter (1964)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
4.6
WORK AS:
Director
Curse of the Fly (1965)
3.9
WORK AS:
Director
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
4.5
WORK AS:
Director
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
WORK AS:
Director
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
WORK AS:
Director
The Champions (1968)
WORK AS:
Director
Taste of Excitement (1969)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Puppet on a Chain (1970)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Follow Me! (1972)
WORK AS:
Editor
Psychomania (1973)
4
WORK AS:
Director
Dark Places (1973)
WORK AS:
Director, Adaptation
Callan (1974)
WORK AS:
Director
Hennessy (1975)
WORK AS:
Director
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
WORK AS:
Director
The Four Feathers (1978)
WORK AS:
Director
Bear Island (1979)
4.5
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Hammer House of Horror (1980)
5.8
WORK AS:
Director
Guardian of the Abyss (1980)
WORK AS:
Director
Q.E.D. (1982)
WORK AS:
Director
What Waits Below (1984)
WORK AS:
Director
A Woman of Substance (1985)
WORK AS:
Director
Hold the Dream (1986)
WORK AS:
Director
Tears in the Rain (1988)
WORK AS:
Director