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Derek Williams

Known for

Directing

Born

August 20, 1929

Birthplace

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK

Died

August 2, 2021 (aged 91)

Biography

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 Newcastle Royal Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

His first film, Hadrian's Wall, was made while he was at university and was self-financed. On the basis of this film he was able to enter the film industry as a trainee assistant for World Wide Films. His first commercial film, released...

Best known work

The Shetland Experience
The Shetland Experience
1977
Foothold on Antarctica
Foothold on Antarctica
1957
Hunted in Holland
Hunted in Holland
1961
The Shadow of Progress
The Shadow of Progress
1970
Turkey: The Bridge
Turkey: The Bridge
1965
Alaska: The Great Land
Alaska: The Great Land
1971
Sea Area Forties
Sea Area Forties
1975
Planet Water
Planet Water
1979
Carnival
Carnival
1963
By Jiminy
By Jiminy
1963

Filmography

  1. 1979

    Planet Water

    Director

  2. 1977

    The Shetland Experience

    Director, Writer

  3. 1975

  4. 1971

  5. 1970

    The Shadow of Progress

    Director, Writer

  6. 1967

    Algerian Pipeline

    Director, Writer

  7. 1965

  8. 1965

  9. 1964

  10. 1963

  11. 1963

    Carnival

    Director

  12. 1963

    By Jiminy

    Director

  13. 1963

    Kidnapped

    Director

  14. 1963

  15. 1961

    Hunted in Holland

    Writer, Director

  16. 1957

  17. 1957

    Foothold on Antarctica

    as Narrator, Writer

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