Don Chaffey

Don Chaffey

director, art director, writer

Don Chaffey was born on Aug 05, 1917 in UK. Don Chaffey's big-screen debut came with The Little Ballerina directed by Lewis Gilbert in 1947. Don Chaffey is known for The Three Lives of Thomasina directed by Don Chaffey, Patrick McGoohan stars as Andrew McDhui and Susan Hampshire as Lori MacGregor. The upcoming new movie Don Chaffey plays is International Airport which will be released on May 25, 1985.

British director Don Chaffey began his career in the film industry in the art department at Gainsborough Pictures. He began directing in 1951, often working on films aimed at children. He branched out into television in the mid-'50s, turning out many of the best episodes of such classic series as Destination danger (1960), Le prisonnier (1967) and Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir (1961). Although he worked in many film genres, his best work is generally acknowledged to be the crackerjack fantasy Jason et les Argonautes (1963). On the other hand, he was also responsible for the lugubrious, box-office disaster La reine des Vikings (1967), one of the few productions from Hammer Films that lost money. In the late 1970s Chaffey traveled to the US and worked primarily there, often in made-for-TV movies.

  • Birthday

    Aug 05, 1917
  • Place of Birth

    Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK

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