Gerry O'Hara

Gerry O'Hara

Director · Producer · Writer

Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK
October 1, 1924

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gerry O'Hara (born 1924) is an English film and television director. O'Hara was an assistant director on Laurence Olivier's film, Richard III; the Carol Reed film, Our Man in Havana and the Academy Award-winning Tom Jones. O'Hara's directorial debut was the 1963 cautionary tale That Kind of Girl, about the dangers of contracting venereal disease. During the 1960s, he directed episodes of The Avengers and a film based on a Van Der Valk novel by Nicolas Freeling, Amsterdam Affair. O'Hara directed the highly controversial and rarely seen film The Brute O'Hara directed and wrote the screenplay for the 1979 film, The Bitch, an adaptation of the Jackie Collins novel. Later television credits include directing and writing episodes of The Professionals, script editor for the ITV series C.A.T.S. Eyes and directing an episode of Press Gang. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ry Gerry O'Hara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Representative Works

The Cardinal
The Cardinal
6.5
/ English
Anastasia
Anastasia
6.8
/ English
The Journey
The Journey
6.3
/ English
Richard III
Richard III
7.2
/ English
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
5.9
/ English
Amsterdam Affair
Amsterdam Affair
10.0
/ English
The Pleasure Girls
The Pleasure Girls
5.6
/ English
Fanny Hill
Fanny Hill
5.5
/ English
Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana
6.7
/ English
Ten Little Indians
Ten Little Indians
4.9
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

The Cardinal
1963Nominee

Best Director

The Cardinal

Anastasia
1956Nominee

Best Director

Anastasia

The Man Who Never Was
1956Nominee

Best Director

The Man Who Never Was

Career Highlights

The Journey
1959Highlight

Best Director

The Journey

Richard III
1955Highlight

Best Director

Richard III