Ken Annakin
Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) was an English film director. His career spanned half a century, beginning in the early 1940s and ending in 1992, and in the 1960s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Battle of the Bulge, The Biggest Bundle of Them All and Monte Carlo or Bust!. During his career, Annakin directed nearly 50 pictures.
Known for
The Longest Day 
Battle of the Bulge 
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes 
The Pirate Movie 
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking 
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies 
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 
The Call of the Wild 
The Fifth Musketeer 
Paper Tiger 
The Long Duel 
Three Men in a Boat