Gerry O'Hara

Gerry O'Hara

Nascimento : 1924-10-01, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gerry O'Hara (born 1924) is an English film and television director. O'Hara was an assistant director on Laurence Olivier's film, Richard III; the Carol Reed film, Our Man in Havana and the Academy Award-winning Tom Jones. O'Hara's directorial debut was the 1963 cautionary tale That Kind of Girl, about the dangers of contracting venereal disease. During the 1960s, he directed episodes of The Avengers and a film based on a Van Der Valk novel by Nicolas Freeling, Amsterdam Affair. O'Hara directed the highly controversial and rarely seen film The Brute O'Hara directed and wrote the screenplay for the 1979 film, The Bitch, an adaptation of the Jackie Collins novel. Later television credits include directing and writing episodes of The Professionals, script editor for the ITV series C.A.T.S. Eyes and directing an episode of Press Gang. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ry Gerry O'Hara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Perfil

Gerry O'Hara
Gerry O'Hara

Filmes

Vingança Eterna
Director
Expedição de arqueólogos entram em tumba egípcia, a despeito dos avisos de um cientista local. Trazem de volta à vida a múmia de Lord Aziru, que sai em busca da bela Sandra, reencarnação de Kia, seu grande amor.
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Story
King Edward asks Sherlock Holmes to perform one more task before his retirement: to safeguard the Star of Africa on a trip to Cape Town. Soon the fabled jewel is stolen and several people end up being murdered.
Ten Little Indians
Screenplay
An unknown judge invites a guilty governess and others to a 1930s safari, for justice one by one.
Hot Target
Story
Wife of successful NZ businessman is seduced by fellow American after "chance" meeting in park. However, Greg has more than love-making with the beautiful Christine in mind.
Operation Julie
Screenplay
A TV movie directed by Bob Mahoney. Based on the book by Dick Lee & Colin Pratt it tells the true story of a long running Police investigation which resulted in the arrests of 120 people and jail sentences of 170 years for the manufacture and distribution of £100M of LSD.
Fanny Hill
Director
Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another until she is forced to become a prostitute to survive. This is the story, with many erotic asides, of her struggle to regain her pride in herself and find happiness in life once again.
Leopard in the Snow
Director
A tender romance develops between an attractive young woman and a famous race car driver who lives incognito after supposedly being killed in an auto accident.
The Bitch
Director
The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.
The Sea Can Kill
Writer
Royal Navy short about surviving a disaster at sea.
The Sea Can Kill
Director
Royal Navy short about surviving a disaster at sea.
The Brute
Writer
Glamour model Diane Shepherd is routinely being beaten by her husband Tim, who accuses her of infidelity. When she can't take it anymore, she finds shelter with photographer Mark and his girlfriend Carrie. They introduce Diane to Millie, who is in a similar situation. Meanwhile, Tim informs Diane that if she doesn't come back to him, he will see to it that he gains custody of their son, Timmy.
The Brute
Director
Glamour model Diane Shepherd is routinely being beaten by her husband Tim, who accuses her of infidelity. When she can't take it anymore, she finds shelter with photographer Mark and his girlfriend Carrie. They introduce Diane to Millie, who is in a similar situation. Meanwhile, Tim informs Diane that if she doesn't come back to him, he will see to it that he gains custody of their son, Timmy.
Blind Man's Bluff
Director
The adventures of a boy and girl, who in company with a blind young man and his guide dog, track down the kidnappers of their friend.
Whose Child Am I?
Director
Paul Freeman (of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK fame) and Kate O'Mara plays a couple who can't have a baby, so they go to the doctor to have an artificial insemination...blackmail, dark secrets and drama ensue.
Philadelphia, Here I Come
Associate Producer
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).
Into the Unknown
Director
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an antidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
Descent to Danger
Director
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an antidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
Monster
Director
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an antidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
Pursued
Director
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an antidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
Follow That Skate
Director
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an antidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
Magic Powder
Director
An adventure story for children involving a professor's efforts to discover an a ntidote to some 'shrinking' pills, and the attempted theft of his formula by two crooks
Professor Popper's Problems
Director
Professor Popper develops a shrinking formula which he and a group of school kids take by accident, ending up trapped in his laboratory. But that's not the only problem that faces the professor and his friends.
Paganini Strikes Again
Director
Two schoolboy musicians help to catch a jewel thief
The Spy's Wife
Writer
A spy and his wife simultaneously attempt adultery.
The Spy's Wife
Director
A spy and his wife simultaneously attempt adultery.
All the Right Noises
Novel
A married man with two small children begins an affair with a beautiful young actress which quickly blossoms into a full blown romance, until she tells him that she is only 15 years old…
All the Right Noises
Screenplay
A married man with two small children begins an affair with a beautiful young actress which quickly blossoms into a full blown romance, until she tells him that she is only 15 years old…
All the Right Noises
Director
A married man with two small children begins an affair with a beautiful young actress which quickly blossoms into a full blown romance, until she tells him that she is only 15 years old…
Amsterdam Affair
Director
An Englishman in Holland gets involved in a murder case. It looks bad for him, but the wily Inspector Van Der Valk isn't convinced of his guilt.
Maroc 7
Director
The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.
The Pleasure Girls
Writer
When Sally moves to London to pursue a modelling career, she moves in with Angela and Dee and discovers the world of the carefree bachelor girl in Swinging London. Over one weekend - filled with parties, blossoming friendships, and romantic encounters with Keith and Nikko (Klaus Kinski) - the vivacious girls learn about life's pleasures and pains.
The Pleasure Girls
Director
When Sally moves to London to pursue a modelling career, she moves in with Angela and Dee and discovers the world of the carefree bachelor girl in Swinging London. Over one weekend - filled with parties, blossoming friendships, and romantic encounters with Keith and Nikko (Klaus Kinski) - the vivacious girls learn about life's pleasures and pains.
Game for Three Losers
Director
A politician is set up by his secretary and blackmailed by her brother.
O Cardeal
Assistant Director
Um jovem padre católico de Boston enfrenta o fanatismo, o nazismo e seus próprios conflitos pessoais ao subir ao cargo de cardeal. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
As Aventuras de Tom Jones
Assistant Director
No século XVIII, uma criança abandonada é criada por um nobre inglês. Quando adulto, Tom Jones torna-se um playboy mulherengo. Mas quando seu tutor morre e ele se apaixona por Sophie, vê-se obrigado a mudar o seu comportamento. O roteiro é baseado no romance The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, de Henry Fielding, publicado em 1749.
That Kind of Girl
Director
That Kind of Girl is a British cult film and the directorial debut of Gerry O'Hara. Produced by Robert Hartford-Davis with a script by Jan Read, it was released in 1963. The film's subject is premarital sexual relationships and sexually transmitted diseases in an English 1960s millieu.
Mentira Infamante
Assistant Director
A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including his bitter wife, Anna. When the lovely young Shirley Taylor, one of Weir's students, falls for her unfortunate instructor, he is tempted and flattered but turns down her advances. Taylor's subsequent actions make Weir's life even more complicated.
She'll Have to Go
Assistant Director
When Francis and Douglas Oberon learn that their late grandmother has bequeathed the family fortune to distant cousin Toni, they immediately start plotting to get their hands on the money. They dream up a plot whereby they cannot fail to acquire a comfortable future; the lovely Toni must either be murdered, or married...
Nosso Homem em Havana
Assistant Director
Jim Wormold é um expatriado inglês que está vivendo na Havana pré-revolucionária com sua filha adolescente Milly. Ele é dono de uma loja de aspiradores de pó, mas não é muito bem sucedido, o que faz ele aceitar uma oferta de Hawthorne do Serviço Secreto Britânico para recrutar uma rede de agentes em Cuba. Wormold não tem a menor ideia de por onde começar, mas quando seu amigo Dr. Hasselbacher sugere que o melhor segredo é aquele que ninguém conhece, ele decide criar uma lista de agentes fictícios e começa a fornecer histórias inventadas, o que deixa felizes seus chefes em Londres. Ele logo é visto como o melhor agente do Hemisfério Ocidental, mas tudo começa a desmoronar quando a polícia local decodifica suas mensagens e começa a cercar a sua "rede" de espiões. Ele descobre também que é o alvo de um grupo que quer matá-lo. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Crepúsculo Vermelho
Assistant Director
Budapeste, novembro de 1956. Uma revolta força a União Soviética a uma intervenção militar. Diana Ashmore (Deborah Kerr), uma inglesa divorciada, tenta tirar do país Paul Kedes (Jason Robards), um húngaro com quem está envolvido. Ele está com um passaporte in
Ilha nos Trópicos
Assistant Director
On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur. As if the contentious election weren't enough, there are plenty of scandals to go around: Boyeur has a secret white lover and Fleury's wife, Sylvia, is also having an affair. And then, of course, there's the small matter of a recently murdered aristocrat.
Anastacia: A Princesa Esquecida
Assistant Director
Com a revolução russa em 1917, o Czar Nicolau II e sua família foram capturados e executados, mas segundo rumores, sua filha mais nova Anastácia havia sobrevivido e vivia na Europa. Anos depois, um ex-general russo, que vive de um empreendimento fraudulento envolvendo a herança real, precisa provar aos seus investidores a existência da princesa, e se utiliza de uma mulher perturbada e sem identidade para assumir o papel de Anastácia.
O Homem que Nunca Existiu
Assistant Director
Durante a II Guerra Mundial, a inteligência britânica está tentando fazer com que o alto comando alemão remova sua força armada, pronta para atacar a Itália. Para criar a ilusão de que a Inglaterra vai invadir a Grécia, eles arrumam um cadáver no qual colocam papéis secretos da autoridade espanhola.
Street Corner
Assistant Director
London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
Vote for Huggett
Assistant Director
A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center.
Loyal Heart
Assistant Director
This heartwarming British drama is based on Beth the Sheepdog, a novel by Ernest Lewis. The story concerns the efforts of various interested human parties to enter Beth in the All-England Dog Championship. When a farmer is unsuccessful in his efforts to purchase Beth for his own, he spitefully accuses the dog’s owner of sheep stealing.
Meet the Navy
Assistant Director
During World War II, the Canadian Navy gathered a troupe of diverse performers (dancers, comedians, singers, musicians) from its ranks and sent them off to entertain their shipmates, and the show/revue ultimately played London's Hioopodrome. The acceptance was based more on wartime-London's appreciation of the gallantry of Britain's sons and daughters from over the seas than it was on the artistic value of the show or the talent of the performers. The film is a fictional/fact mixture of the adventures of the troupe members, and the ending, only part filmed in Technicolor, is primarily the Revue as seen at the Hippodrome.
Old Mother Riley at Home
Second Assistant Director
Old Mother Riley and her daughter's true love, Dan, go in search of Kitty who has run off with her new boyfriend to a gambling den.