Douglas Arthur Hickox was an English film and television director.
10 Facts About Douglas Hickox
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Douglas Hickox started in the film industry at age 17, working at Pinewood Studios as "a thirty bob a week office boy".
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Douglas Hickox worked extensively as an assistant director and second unit director throughout the 1950s and early 1960s.
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Douglas Hickox worked on TV shows such as Sunday Break and Tempo and became a leading director of TV commercials.
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Douglas Hickox made his first major picture, Entertaining Mr Sloane, in 1970 at the age of 41.
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Douglas Hickox joined forces with the producer who had the rights and raised the finance.
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Douglas Hickox was meant to follow it with A Mouthful of Gold with Nicol Williamson and The Italian Girl by Iris Murdoch but neither was made.
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Douglas Hickox's work includes Les Bicyclettes de Belsize, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Sitting Target, Theatre of Blood, Brannigan, Sky Riders and Zulu Dawn.
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Douglas Hickox worked on various TV movies and mini-series in the 1980s until his death.
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Douglas Hickox died in a London hospital following a heart surgery operation at age 59.