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Kenneth Graham Hughes (19 January 1922 – 28 April 2001) was an English film director and screenwriter. He worked on over 30 feature films between 1952 and 1981, including the 1968 musical fantasy film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, based on the Ian Fleming novel of the same name.
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Ken Hughes was an award-winning writer and director who flourished in the 1950s and 1960s, though he continued directing into the early 1980s. Born in Liverpool, England, on January 19, 1922, Hughes decided early in his life that he wanted to be a filmmaker.
- Writer, Director, Producer
- January 19, 1922
- Ken Hughes
- April 28, 2001
Ken Hughes was a British filmmaker who worked on various genres and projects, from crime dramas to musicals to historical epics. He is best known for adapting Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and William Shakespeare's Joe MacBeth.
- January 19, 1922
- April 28, 2001
A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land. Director. Ken Hughes.
May 1, 2001 · Ken Hughes, who wrote and directed dozens of films, including the classic British children’s movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” died Saturday April 28 at a Panorama City, Calif., nursing home of...
May 2, 2001 · Ken Hughes, who wrote and directed dozens of films, including the classic British children's movie ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,'' died on Saturday. He was 79.
