Don Sharp

Known for: Directing
Born: April 19, 1922, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died: December 18, 2011
Movies: 37

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.1

The Kiss of the Vampire

1963

5.4

Curse of the Fly

1965

5.9

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

1966

6.9

The Cruel Sea

1953

5.5

Psychomania

1973

6.1

Bear Island

1979

6.2

The Face of Fu Manchu

1965

6.7

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978

5.9

The Brides of Fu Manchu

1966

5.4

Dark Places

1973

Filmography

1987	Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood	Self - Director
1953	The Cruel Sea	Lieutenant-Commander
1952	The Planter's Wife	Lt. Summers
1950	Ha'penny Breeze	Johnny Craig

Directing, Writing & Producing

1988	Tears in the Rain	Director
1984	What Waits Below	Director
1980	Guardian of the Abyss	Director
1979	Bear Island	Director, Screenplay
1978	The Thirty Nine Steps	Director
1978	The Four Feathers	Director
1975	Hennessy	Director
1974	Callan	Director
1973	Dark Places	Director
1973	Psychomania	Director
1970	Puppet on a Chain	Writer, Director
1969	Taste of Excitement	Director, Screenplay
1967	Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon	Director
1967	The Violent Enemy	Director
1966	The Brides of Fu Manchu	Director, Writer
1966	Our Man in Marrakesh	Director
1966	Rasputin: The Mad Monk	Director
1965	The Face of Fu Manchu	Director
1965	Curse of the Fly	Director
1964	Legend of a Gunfighter	Screenplay
1964	The Devil-Ship Pirates	Director
1964	Witchcraft	Director
1963	The Kiss of the Vampire	Director
1963	It's All Happening	Director
1960	Linda	Director
1960	The Professionals	Director
1958	The Golden Disc	Director, Screenplay
1957	The Adventures of Hal 5	Director
1955	The Blue Peter	Writer, Screenplay
1955	The Stolen Airliner	Director, Writer
1954	Child's Play	Writer
1954	Conflict of Wings	Screenplay
1950	Ha'penny Breeze	Writer, Producer

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