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Michael Anderson
Director 1920 - 2018

Michael Anderson

Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK

Michael Joseph Anderson, Sr. (30 January 1920 – 25 April 2018) was an English film director, best known for directing Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and Logan's Run (1976).  

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

22 titles
The New Adventures of Pinocchio

The New Adventures of Pinocchio

Michael Anderson 1999 1h 35m

Puppeteer Geppetto becomes a puppet himself after drinking an elixir that Pinocchio bought from a traveling carnival.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Michael Anderson 1997 1h 35m

In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous

Michael Anderson 1996 1h 33m 6.0

Harvey Cheyne, Jr., second richest person in the world, orphaned and spoiled rotten, encounters a cigar and the sea on his way to England for boarding school. Seasick, over the rail for real, rescued by Dan Troop of a Gloucester fishing sailboat.

Millennium

Millennium

Michael Anderson 1989 1h 45m 5.0

An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley.

Dominique

Dominique

Michael Anderson 1979 1h 35m 6.0

The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.

Orca

Orca

Michael Anderson 1977 1h 32m 5.3

After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the captain, a female marine biologist, and an Indigenous tribalist venture after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.

Logan's Run

Logan's Run

Michael Anderson 1976 1h 58m 6.8

An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at 30.

Doc Savage : The Man of Bronze

Doc Savage : The Man of Bronze

Michael Anderson 1975 1h 52m 9.0

In the Fabulous Thirties, Doc Savage and his five Amazing Adventurers are sucked into the mystery of Doc's father disappearing in the wilds of South America. The maniacal Captain Seas tries to thwart them at every turn as they travel to the country of Hidalgo to investigate Doc's father's death and uncover a vast horde of Incan gold.

The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman

Michael Anderson 1968 2h 42m 2.0

After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev at the height of the Cold War.

The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

Michael Anderson 1966 1h 44m 6.3

Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neonazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. Soon Quiller is confronted with Neonazi chief "Oktober" and involved in a dangerous game where each side tries to find out the enemy's headquarters at any price.

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

Michael Anderson 1965 1h 55m 6.0

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.

Flight from Ashiya

Flight from Ashiya

Michael Anderson 1964 1h 40m 6.0

A flight crew tries to save the survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of Japan during a raging typhoon.

The Naked Edge

The Naked Edge

Michael Anderson 1961 1h 40m 7.0

Michael Anderson's 1961 suspense thriller stars Deborah Kerr as a London wife who suspects her wealthy husband (Gary Cooper) might be a murderer. The cast also includes Eric Portman, Diane Cilento, Hermione Gingold and Michael Wilding. This was Gary Cooper's last film.

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

Michael Anderson 1959 1h 45m 6.0

A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.

Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil

Michael Anderson 1959 1h 51m

In 1921, an American medical student of Irish descent finds himself involved in the Irish War of Independence. In addition, his professor is a leader in the IRA.

Chase a Crooked Shadow

Chase a Crooked Shadow

Michael Anderson 1958 1h 27m 6.5

A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

Michael Anderson 1956 3h 2m 7.2

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

1984

1984

Michael Anderson 1956 1h 30m 8.0

1984 is the first feature film based on George Orwell’s novel 1984.

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

Michael Anderson 1955 2h 4m 7.3

Adapted by R.C. Sherriff from Guy Gibson's book Enemy Coast Ahead, The Dam Busters is a docudrama following the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'

Will Any Gentleman...?

Will Any Gentleman...?

Michael Anderson 1953 1h 24m

A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the world's greatest lover and becomes a terrorizing Casanova.

Night Was Our Friend

Night Was Our Friend

Michael Anderson 1951 1h 1m 6.0

Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil and nobody believes he survived. His wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man while Martin is found and returns. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life.

Waterfront

Waterfront

Michael Anderson 1950 1h 20m 6.0

When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.

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