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Wikipedia / Sidney Hayers

Sidney Hayers (24 August 1921 – 8 February 2000) was a British film and television director, writer and producer. He has been called "perhaps the most under-rated British director of the 1960s."

Biography

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hayers began his career as a film editor. Among the films he directed are Circus of Horrors (1960), the occult thriller Night of the Eagle (1962), a musical Three Hats for Lisa (1965), and the adventure films The Southern Star (1969) and The Trap (1966). He made a British kitchen sink drama with This is My Street but it made little impact. Filmink magazine argued, "If you don’t think critics make a difference, just ask Sidney Hayers," comparing him with Clive Donner who also made a movie for the same studio, Nothing but the Best.. "Donner is no better director than Hayers, but he got the reviews [for Nothing But the Best] and was thus whisked off to Hollywood; Hayers toiled in B-land for the rest of his career."

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, Baywatch and The Famous Five.

Hayers died of cancer in 2000 in Altea, Spain. His wife was the actress Erika Remberg. He had two children 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 Peter Saab.

  • 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.

  • (TV Series) – Additional material and rewrites for seven episodes.

As director/producer/editor

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