About
Derek Williams (20 August 1929 – 2 August 2021) was a British documentary film director and writer who was active from the 1950s until 1990. His films received four British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs) and five Oscar nominations (four as director and writer and one as writer only) all in the short documentary classification. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he was educated at Newcastle Royal Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Filmography
Planet Water1979 · Director
The Shetland Experience1977 · Director, Writer
Sea Area Forties1975 · Script
Alaska: The Great Land1971 · Script
The Shadow of Progress1970 · Director, Writer
Algerian Pipeline1967 · Director, Writer
Health of a City1965 · Director
Turkey: The Bridge1965 · Director
At the Villa Rosa1964 · Director
Treasure in Malta1963 · Director
Carnival1963 · Director
Escape to Gozo1963 · Director
Kidnapped1963 · Director
By Jiminy1963 · Director
Hunted in Holland1961 · Writer, Director
There Was a Door1957 · Director
Foothold on Antarctica1957 · Writer