Roy Ward Baker

Roy Ward Baker was born on Dec 19, 1916 in UK. Roy Ward Baker's big-screen debut came with Chu Chin Chow directed by Walter Forde in 1934. Roy Ward Baker is known for A Night to Remember directed by Roy Ward Baker, Kenneth More stars as Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller and Ronald Allen as Mr. Clarke. Roy Ward Baker has got 3 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Roy Ward Baker achieved is Fantafestival. The upcoming new movie Roy Ward Baker plays is Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death which will be released on Dec 23, 1984.

Roy Ward Baker's first job in films was as a teaboy at the Gainsborough Studios in London, England, but within three years he was working as an assistant director. During World War II, he worked in the Army Kinematograph Unit under Eric Ambler, a writer and film producer, who, after the war, gave Baker his first opportunity to direct a film, L'homme d'octobre (1947). He then went to Hollywood in 1952 and stayed for seven years, returning to Britain in 1958, when he directed one of his best films, Atlantique, latitude 41° (1958). During the 1960s and 1970s, Baker directed a number of horror films for Hammer and Amicus. He also directed in British television, especially during the latter part of his career.