Ken Hannam

Ken Hannam (12 July 1929 – 16 November 2004) was an Australian film and television director.^[1]

Career

Born in Melbourne, the eldest of three boys, Hannam lived in his youth in Sydney and was educated at Wollaroi College in New South Wales. He worked in Australian radio and television, then moved in 1968 to England. He worked in English television, and returned to direct Australian feature films. His first feature Sunday Too Far Away (1975) marked the emergence of an internationally recognised Australian film industry. He went on to direct Summerfield (1977) and other films.

Hannam died of cancer aged 75 on 16 November 2004 in London.^[2]

Filmography

Feature films directed

• Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
• Break of Day (1976)
• Summerfield (1977)
• Dawn! (1979)

TV work

• Paul Temple (7 episodes, 1970-1971)
• Spy Trap (8 episodes, 1972)
• Moonbase 3 (3 episodes, 1973)
• Colditz (2 episodes, 1974)
• Lovejoy (3 episodes, 1986)
• Boon (2 episodes, 1987)
• Crossfire (1988) TV mini-series
• Hannay" (2 episodes, 1989)
• Campion (2 episodes, 1990)
• The House of Eliott (2 episodes, 1992)
• Strathblair (6 episodes, 1992-1993)
• Soldier Soldier (3 episodes, 1995)
• Dangerfield (4 episodes, 1997-1998)
• The Bill (9 episodes, 2000-2001)

References

• Murray, Scott; (ed.) (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 324. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.