Don Sharp

Directing

Don Sharp

Born 19 April 1922 · Hobart, Tasmania, Australia · Died 18 December 2011 at 89

Donald Herman Sharp was an Australian film director. His best known films were made for Hammer in the 1960s, and included Kiss of the Vampire and Rasputin, the Mad Monk. In 1965 he directed The Face of Fu Manchu, based on the character created by Sax Rohmer, and starring Christopher Lee.

Known for

Highlights

The Avengers1961 · Series · Director
The Cruel Sea1953 · Film · Lieutenant-Commander
Hammer House of Horror1980 · Series · Director
The Kiss of the Vampire1963 · Film · Director
Rasputin: The Mad Monk1966 · Film · Director
The Thirty Nine Steps1978 · Film · Director

Filmography

Movies

34 films

Tears in the Rain1988 · Film · Director
What Waits Below1984 · Film · Director
Guardian of the Abyss1980 · Film · Director
Bear Island1979 · Film · Director
The Thirty Nine Steps1978 · Film · Director
The Four Feathers1978 · Film · Director
Hennessy1975 · Film · Director
Callan1974 · Film · Director
Dark Places1973 · Film · Director
Psychomania1973 · Film · Director
Puppet on a Chain1970 · Film · Writer
Taste of Excitement1969 · Film · Director
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon1967 · Film · Director
The Brides of Fu Manchu1966 · Film · Director
Our Man in Marrakesh1966 · Film · Director
Rasputin: The Mad Monk1966 · Film · Director
The Face of Fu Manchu1965 · Film · Director
The Curse of the Fly1965 · Film · Director
Legend of a Gunfighter1964 · Film · Screenplay
The Devil-Ship Pirates1964 · Film · Director
Witchcraft1964 · Film · Director
The Kiss of the Vampire1963 · Film · Director
It's All Happening1963 · Film · Director
Linda1960 · Film · Director
The Professionals1960 · Film · Director
The Golden Disc1958 · Film · Director
The Adventures of Hal 51957 · Film · Director
The Blue Peter1955 · Film · Writer
The Stolen Airliner1955 · Film · Director
Child's Play1954 · Film · Writer
Conflict of Wings1954 · Film · Screenplay
The Cruel Sea1953 · Film · Lieutenant-Commander
The Planter's Wife1952 · Film · Lt. Summers
Ha'penny Breeze1950 · Film · Johnny Craig

Filmography

Series

9 shows

Act of Will1989 · Series · Director
Hold the Dream1987 · Series · Director
A Woman of Substance1985 · Series · Director
Q.E.D.1982 · Series · Director
Hammer House of Horror1980 · Series · Director
The Champions1968 · Series · Director
The Human Jungle1963 · Series · Director
Ghost Squad1961 · Series · Director
The Avengers1961 · Series · Director