| LC control no. | nr 98040515 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gilling, John, 1912-1985 |
| Variant(s) | Gilling, Jack, 1912-1985 |
| Birth date | 1910-05-29 1912-05-29 1912-05-29 |
| Death date | 1984 1985 1984-11-22 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | Madrid (Spain) |
| Field of activity | Motion pictures Motion picture industry Motion pictures--Production and direction Motion picture authorship Horror films--Production and direction Crime films--Production and direction Action and adventure films--Production and direction B films--Production and direction |
| Affiliation | Tempean Films Hammer Film Productions |
| Profession or occupation | Motion picture producers and directors Screenwriters |
| Found in | The Mummy's shroud, 1967: credits (directed by John Gilling, screenplay by John Gilling) It takes a thief, ©2014: opening credits (original story and screenplay by John Gilling ; directed by John Gilling) The A-Z of horror films, 1996 (John Gilling, British writer-producer-director; b. 1912, d. 1985) The encyclopedia of British film, 2013: page 290 (John Gilling; born, London 1912-died Madrid, 1984; screenwriter, director; career divided among three companies: Tempean, Warwick and Hammer; best known for his contributions to the horror genre for Hammer; he directed and wrote a string of "B films" for Tempean; for Warwick, he made eight action films) Katz, E. The film encyclopedia, ©2008: page 553 (John Gilling; director, screenwriter; born May 29, 1910, England; died 1984; wrote screenplays for his own films as well as those of others; turned out many low-to-medium-budget thrillers and adventure pictures; known for horror pictures) Halliwell's filmgoer's and video viewer's companion: page 319 (John Gilling; British writer-directer who turned out dozens of crime and adventure potboilers) IMDb, November 4, 2015 (John Gilling; writer, director; born May 29, 1912 in London, England; died November 22, 1984 in Madrid, Spain; alternate name: Jack Gilling; writer-director of potboilers and horror films of variable quality) |
| Associated language | eng |
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