Sangster, Jimmy

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Sangster, Jimmy
Name (Arabic)
سانجستر، جيمي، 1924-2011
Other forms of name
Sangster, James Henry Kinmel
Date of birth
1924-12-02
Date of death
2011-08-19
Field of activity
Motion picture authorship
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Television authorship
Television--Production and direction
Occupation
Producers and directors
Motion picture producers and directors
Screenwriters
Television producers and directors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 100229370
Wikidata: Q967593
Library of congress: n 50015306
Sources of Information
  • Do you want it good or Tuesday?, c1997:t.p. (Jimmy Sangster) p. 13 (full name is James Henry Kinmel Sangster; b. in North Wales)
  • His Private i, 1967.
  • IMDb, November 4, 2021:(Jimmy Sangster, writer, second unit director or assistant director ; b. December 2, 1927 in Briarley, Kinmel Bay, North Wales, Wales, UK ; d. August 19, 2011 (age 83) in Kensington, London, England, UK)
  • Internet movie database, Oct. 24, 2002(Jimmy Sangster; writer, director, producer, actor; sometimes credited as John Sansom; b. Dec. 2, 1924, England)
  • New York times WWW site, Aug. 22, 2011(in obituary published Aug. 21: Jimmy Sangster; James Henry Kimmel Sangster; b. Dec. 2, 1927, North Wales; d. Friday [Aug. 19, 2011], aged 83; prolific screenwriter best known for his classic 1950s horror movies that dipped into the cinematic delights of gore and sex and helped define the British company Hammer Films)

Wikipedia description:

James Henry Kinmel Sangster (2 December 1927 – 19 August 2011) was a Welsh screenwriter and film director, best known for his work on the initial horror films made by Hammer Film Productions, including The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958).

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