From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Gordon Hessler was a British film and television director screenwriter and producer He was raised in England and studied at the University of Reading While a teenager he moved to the United States and directed a series of short films and documentaries Universal Studios hired Hessler as a story reader for the Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series He became story editor for two seasons 19601962 for that series then served as the associate producer for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from 1962 until its cancellation in 1965 He directed episodes of that series and several other shows including Hawaii FiveO In 1969 he directed his debut feature film The Oblong Box starring Vincent Price It was the first of three horror films Hessler would direct with the veteran horror star the other two being Cry of the Banshee 1970 and Scream and Scream Again 1970 Hesslers other films include Murders in the Rue Morgue 1971 The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 1974 and The Girl in a Swing 1988 starring Meg Tilly an adaptation of Richard Adamss ghost story novel The majority of Hesslers directorial work from the late1970s to date has been in television Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Hessler licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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