Terry Bishop

In the 1940s Bishop directed a series of public information and documentary films, including Daybreak in Udi (1949) for the Crown Film Unit which in 1950 won the Oscar for Best Documentary{{Cite web |title=The Official Academy Awards Database |url=https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Search/Nominations?filmId=400&view=2-Film%20Title-Alpha |access-date=22 September 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Patrick |title=5 Forgotten Filmmakers |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/five-forgotten-filmmakers |access-date=22 September 2023 |website=BFI}}{{Cite web |last=Pugh |first=Jo |title=Daybreak in Udi and the lost Oscar |url=https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/daybreak-in-udi-and-the-lost-oscar/ |access-date=22 September 2023 |website=The National Archives}} and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Film.{{Cite web |title=Daybreak in Udi |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1950/film/documentary |access-date=22 September 2023 |website=BAFTA}}

From 1950–1962 he worked extensively in British TV, directing episodes of series including The Adventures of William Tell, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Danger Man, and Sir Francis Drake.

Bishop also made several low budget British films during this period, including Cover Girl Killer (1959), featuring future Steptoe and Son star Harry H. Corbett as a serial murderer of glamour models.

• The Western Isles (1941) – documentary short (as Terence Egan Bishop)
• Kill That Rat! (1941) – public information short (for the Ministry of Agriculture/Ministry of Information){{Cite web |title=Kill That Rat! |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69e0f136 |access-date=22 September 2023 |website=BFI}}{{dead link|date=October 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Out of the Box (1942) – documentary short (for the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society)
• The Royal Mile: Edinburgh (1943) – documentary short (as Terence Egan Bishop)
• Five Towns (1947) – documentary short (for the Board of Trade)
• A Tale in a Teacup (1947) – documentary short (for the Tea Bureau)
• A Power in the Land (1947) – documentary short (for the Electrical Trades Union)
• Daybreak in Udi (1949) – documentary (Crown Film Unit)
• You're Only Young Twice (1952)
• Journey to the Sea (1952) – documentary short (British Transport Films)
• Savage World (1954) – documentary
• Tim Driscoll's Donkey (1955)
• Light Fingers (1957)
• Model for Murder (1959)
• Life in Danger (1959)
• Cover Girl Killer (1959)
• Danger Tomorrow (1960)
• The Unstoppable Man (1960)
• Hair of the Dog (1962)
• Bomb in the High Street (1963)
• Hamile a.k.a. The Tonga Hamlet (1964)
• A Small Miracle (1976) – short (for the National Kidney Research Fund){{Cite web |title=Martin Curtis BSC |url=https://bscine.com/bsc-members/?id=290 |access-date=22 September 2023 |website=British Society of Cinematographers}}
• Suddenly Among Strangers (1981) – short (for the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children)

• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957), 4 episodes, Sapphire Films/ITV
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956–1960), 35 episodes, Sapphire Films/ATV
• The Buccaneers (1956), 2 episodes, Sapphire Films/ITC
• Sword of Freedom (1957–1959), 14 episodes, Sapphire Films/ITV
• The Adventures of William Tell (1958–1959), 6 episodes, ITC
• Danger Man (1960–1961), 4 episodes, ITC/ATV
• Kraft Mystery Theater (1961), 1 episode, NBC
• Sir Francis Drake (1962), 6 episodes, ITC

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Category:1912 births

Category:1981 deaths

Category:British film directors

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