Sidney Hayers

Sidney Hayers

Sidney Hayers (August 24, 1921February 8, 2000) was a British film and television director, writer and producer.

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, among his most acclaimed films were "Circus of Horrors" (1960), "The Trap" (1966) and the occult thriller "Night of the Eagle" (1962).

In British TV, his credits included "The Persuaders!" and "The New Avengers"; he later directed several American TV shows, including episodes of "Magnum, P.I.", "The A-Team", "Knight Rider", "T.J. Hooker" and "Baywatch".

Hayers died of cancer in 2000 in Altea, Spain, survived by his wife, the actress [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_Remberg Erika Remberg] . He had two children, Susan and Robert from his first marriage, to Patricia.

Filmography

As Writer:

* "Edith" - original screenplay from researched notes.
* "A Spy for a Spy" - Screenplay adapted from the novel "The Springers" in collaboration with author Berkeley Mather.
* "The Sweetwater Point Motel" - Screenplay adapted from the novel of the same name by Leslie Thomas.
* "The Tangled Web" - Screenplay adapted fram the novel "The Molester" by Lee Sarokin.
* "Spy Now, Pay Later" - Original screenplay in collaboration with Carl Johnson and Karl-Heinz Willschrei.
* "Blue Blood" (TV Series) - Additional material and rewrites for seven episodes.

Feature films as Director/Producer:

* "A Night to Remember" (1958) - 2nd Unit Director/Film Editor; Rank Organisation; New York Film Critics Circle - Best Ten Films; Christopher Award, N.Y.; Golden Globe Award
* "Operation Amsterdam" (1959) - 2nd Unit Director; Rank Organisation (Peter Finch, Eva Bartok)
* "Circus of Horrors" (1960) - Director; American International; Voted Horror Picture of the Year in USA and UK (Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Donald Pleasance)
* "Payroll" (1961) - Director; American International (Michael Craig, Billie Whitelaw)
* "Burn Witch Burn/Night of the Eagle" (1962) - Director; American International; U.S. Critics Prize - Best Thriller (Janet Blair, Peter Wyngarde)
* "This Is My Street" (1963) - Director: Rank Organisation (Ian Hendry, June Ritchie)
* "Three Hats for Lisa" (1965) (Musical) - Director; Fox/Rank (Sophie Hardy (French), Sid James, Joe Brown, Una Stubbs)
* "The Trap" (1966) - Director; Fox/Rank; 1st Prize - Czechoslovakia Film Festival; 1st Prize - Russian Film Workers Festival (Oliver Reed, Rita Tushingham)
* "Finders Keepers" (1966) - Director; United Artists (Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, Una Stubbs)
* "Mr. Jericho" (1969) (TV) - Director; Independent Artists (Patrick MacNee, Marty Allen, Connie Stevens)
* "The Southern Star" (1969) - Director; Columbia Pictures (George Segal, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles)
* "Assault" (1971) - Director; Fox/Rank (Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Finlay, Suzy Kendall)
* "The Firechasers" (1971) - Director; Rank Organisation (Chad Everett, Anjenette Corner)
* "Revenge" (1971) - Director; Fox/Rank (Joan Collins, James Booth, Kenneth Griffith)
* "All Coppers Are..." (1972) - Director; Fox/Rank (Ian Hendry, Martin Potter, Julia Foster)
* "Deadly Strangers" (1974) - Co-Producer/Director; 20th Century Fox (Simon Ward, Hayley Mills, Sterling Hayden)
* "What Changed Charley Farthing?" (1974) - Co-Producer/Director; Rank Organisation (Doug McClure, Hayley Mills, Lionel Jeffries)
* "Diagnosis: Murder" (1975) - Co-Producer/Director; Cinema International Corp. (Christopher Lee, Judy Geeson, Jon Finch)
* "One Away" (1976) - Co-Producer/Director; Silhouette Film Prod. (Bradford Dillman, Elke Sommer, Dean Stockwell)
* "A Bridge Too Far" (1977) - Director, action sequences; Joseph Levine Prod. (Michael Caine, James Caan, Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Gene Hackman, Elliot Gould, Robert Redford, Laurence Olivier, Dirk Bogarde)


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