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Ferdinand Fairfax(1944-2008)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Ferdinand Fairfax in Opération Phenix (1988)
Ferdinand Fairfax was born on 1 August 1944 in London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Winston Churchill (1981), Jeeves & Wooster (1990) and Les pirates de l'île sauvage (1983). He died on 7 March 2008 in London, England, UK.
BornAugust 1, 1944
DiedMarch 7, 2008(63)
BornAugust 1, 1944
DiedMarch 7, 2008(63)
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  • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
    • 2 nominations total

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Known for

Winston Churchill (1981)
Winston Churchill
8.4
TV Mini Series
  • Director
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in Jeeves & Wooster (1990)
Jeeves & Wooster
8.4
TV Series
  • Director
Tommy Lee Jones and Michael O'Keefe in Les pirates de l'île sauvage (1983)
Les pirates de l'île sauvage
6.1
  • Director
  • 1983
Opération Phenix (1988)
Opération Phenix
5.5
  • Director
  • 1988

Credits

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Director



  • Lilies (2007)
    Lilies
    8.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2007
  • Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982)
    Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Égypte (2005)
    Égypte
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2005
  • Rose and Maloney (2002)
    Rose and Maloney
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2004
  • Peter Davison in The Last Detective (2003)
    The Last Detective
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2004
  • Peter Capaldi in Un amour absolu (2003)
    Un amour absolu
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Scotland Yard, crimes sur la Tamise (1997)
    Scotland Yard, crimes sur la Tamise
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Murder in Mind (2001)
    Murder in Mind
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2001–2002
  • Without Motive (2000)
    Without Motive
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Au nom de l'amour (1999)
    Au nom de l'amour
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Frenchman's Creek (1998)
    Frenchman's Creek
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1998
  • Kavanagh (1995)
    Kavanagh
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1998
  • True Blue (1996)
    True Blue
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Murder Most Horrid (1991)
    Murder Most Horrid
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1996
  • The Choir (1995)
    The Choir
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1995

Writer



  • Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982)
    Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 2006
  • Égypte (2005)
    Égypte
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • writer
    • additional material
    • 2005
  • Winston Churchill (1981)
    Winston Churchill
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • story line
    • 1981
  • The Motorway File (1975)
    The Motorway File
    7.2
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1975

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Violence et sexe aux temps préhistoriques (1971)
    Violence et sexe aux temps préhistoriques
    4.5
    • first assistant director
    • 1971
  • The Big Catch (1971)
    The Big Catch
    6.3
    • assistant director
    • 1971
  • Cool It, Carol! (1970)
    Cool It, Carol!
    5.5
    • assistant director
    • 1970
  • Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
    Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
    6.4
    • assistant director
    • 1970
  • Arthur? Arthur! (1969)
    Arthur? Arthur!
    5.6
    • first assistant director (as Ferdie Fairfax)
    • 1969
  • L'homme le plus dangereux du monde (1969)
    L'homme le plus dangereux du monde
    5.6
    • assistant director
    • 1969

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Ferdie Fairfax
  • Born
    • August 1, 1944
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • March 7, 2008
    • London, England, UK

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  • Trivia
    Was offered the chance to direct the Arnold Schwarzenegger film 'The Running Man' (1987) after the original director was fired. He was also subsequently fired after two weeks of preproduction work due to being unhappy with the screenplay and was eventually replaced by Paul Michael Glaser.

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