Quentin Lawrence (6 November 1920, in Gravesend – 9 March 1979, in

Halifax, Yorkshire Halifax () is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough, and the headquarters of Calderdale Council. In the 15th cen ...

) was an English film and television director. He worked a long time for ATV. An article about TV directors in ''The Guardian'' said he was "noted for the precision of his camerawork."Directing the electronic flow Dewhurst, Keith. The Guardian 1 Apr 1970: 8.

Selected filmography

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The Trollenberg Terror ''The Trollenberg Terror'' (released in the U.S. as ''The Crawling Eye'') is a 1958 British science fiction drama film, produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman and directed by Quentin Lawrence. The film stars Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payn ...

'' (1958) * '' Cash on Demand'' (1962) * ''

Edgar Wallace Mysteries The ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' is a British second-feature film series mainly produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 48 films in the series, which were released between 1960 and 1965. The series was screened as ''The E ...

'' : ( Playback'' episode) (1962) * ''

The Man Who Finally Died ''The Man Who Finally Died '' is a 1963 British CinemaScope thriller film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing, Mai Zetterling and Eric Portman. It was based on a 1959 ITV series of the same name. The scree ...

'' (1963) * ''

We Shall See ''We Shall See'' is a 1964 British drama film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Maurice Kaufmann, Faith Brook and Alec Mango. It was adapted from a 1926 novel ''We Shall See!'' by Edgar Wallace, and was made at Merton Park Studios as ...

'' (1964) * '' The Secret of Blood Island'' (1964)

Producer

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The Ghosts of Motley Hall ''The Ghosts of Motley Hall'' is a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter. It was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for Granada Television, and broadcast between 1976 and 1978 on the ITV network. The series ...

'' (1977)

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