Peter Sykes (director)
Peter Sykes (1939–2006) was an Australian-born film director who worked primarily in Britain.[1]
He was born in Melbourne and moved to London in 1964 where he did an 18 month training cadetship with the BBC, and then moved into documentaries and feature films.[2]
Selected filmography
- Walkabout to Cornwall (1966) - documentary about surfers
- Britain Around the World (1967) - 17 short documentaries
- Tell Me Lies! (1968) - documentary about the musical US - executive producer
- The Committee (1968)
- The Avengers (TV show) - (1967-68)
- Venom (aka The Legend of Spider Forest) (1971)
- Demons of the Mind (1972)
- The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
- Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)
- To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
- Jesus (1979)
References
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/191712
- ↑ Basil Gilbert, "Peter Sykes", Cinema Papers, July 1977 p 34-36, 95