Ken Howard (composer)
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Ken Howard (born 26 December 1939, Hampstead, North West London, England) is a successful songwriter, lyricist and television director.
The songwriting partnership of Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley (born 23 March 1940 , Hampstead) was among the most successful in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. They were responsible for hits for The Honeycombs, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, Peter Frampton and The Herd, Lulu, and Matthews Southern Comfort among others. They were also the first British writers to provide a million selling hit for Elvis Presley - "I've Lost You" (1970). Television scores include The Sword Divided, Miss Marple, The Flame Trees of Thika, Q.E.D and Shadowlands.
As a British film maker Howard has worked extensively in drama, music and documentary films. These have included (for the BBC) A Penny for Your Dreams, John Lennon - A Journey in the Life, The Miracle of Intervale Avenue, Open Mind, Mr Abbott’s Broadway and Sunny Stories; (for ITV) South Bank Show profiles of the New World Symphony Orchestra, Danny Kaye, Frank Sinatra, Hakan Hardenberger, Johnnie Ray and Maxim Vengerov and Will Apples Grow on Mars?. He has been nominated for and won the Celtic Film Festival and BAFTA, BISFA, Emmy, Indie, RTS, Grierson, Billboard, Banff World TV Festival and U.S. International Film and Video Festival awards.
He is a director of Landseer Productions Ltd in London.
He is also co-founder and director of Sophisticated Games Ltd, having co-devised the best-selling board game of Sophie's World and publishing the million-selling Lord of the Rings board game as well as numerous other successful games.
