Terry Bishop
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 21, 1912
- Place of birth
- Chiswick, London, England, UK
- Died
- October 30, 1981
Biography
Terry Bishop (21 October 1912 – 30 October 1981) was a British screenwriter, and television and film director.
In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film.
From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake.
Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer (1959), featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models.
Movies directed by Terry Bishop
- Cover Girl Killer 1959 · ★ 5.1
- Daybreak in Udi 1949 · ★ 4.8
- Model for Murder 1959 · ★ 6.7
- You're Only Young Twice! 1952 · ★ 6.1
- Danger Tomorrow 1960 · ★ 6.4
- Life in Danger 1959 · ★ 8.3
- Tim Driscoll's Donkey 1955 · ★ 8.0
- Hair of the Dog 1962 · ★ 7.5
- Bomb in the High Street 1963 · ★ 10.0
- The Unstoppable Man 1961 · ★ 8.0
- Light Fingers 1957 · ★ 9.0
- The Western Isles 1941 · ★ 8.0
- Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet 1964 · ★ 8.0
- Five Towns 1947
- Down Our Street 1942
- A Tale in a Teacup 1947
- The Royal Mile: Edinburgh 1943
- Journey to the Sea 1952