Terence Fisher

Born: February 23, 1904
Where: London, England
Died: June 18, 1980

One of Britain's leading horror directors of the 1950s and 60s began his post-Navy career as an editor and a director of romantic melodramas.

Fisher joined Hammer Studios in 1952 and first hit his stride in 1957 with Curse of Frankenstein. He subsequently became known as a producer of low-budget B remakes of Univeral horror classics for Hammer including chillers such as Horror of Dracula and The Devil Rides Out.

His career began in 1930 when he was employed as a clapper boy and runner at Shepherd's Bush Studios, although it was a further five years before Fisher worked on his first film as an assistant editor - Brown on Resolution/Born For Glory.

His first work as solo editor came about in The Two of Us in 1936 and was followed over a decade later by Fisher's directorial debut Colonel Bogey.

As a result of his success he joined Hammer Studios in 1952, and went on to work on various B-movies and TV series.