Vernon Campbell Sewell was a British film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, screenwriter

Screenwriter

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, producer

Film producer

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 writer

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 and, briefly, an actor

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. Sewell was born in London, England in 1903. He was educated at Marlborough College

Marlborough College

Marlborough College is a British co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils, located in Marlborough, Wiltshire.Founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, the school now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. Currently there are just over 800...

. He directed over 30 films during his career, starting with Morgenrot in 1933. His final film, Burke & Hare

Burke & Hare (film)

Burk & Hare, sometimes called Burke and Hare or The Horrors of Burke and Hare, is a 1971 horror film, directed by Vernon Sewell, and starring Derren Nesbitt, Harry Andrews, and Glynn Edwards. It is based on the Burke and Hare murders, and was the last film to be directed by Vernon Sewell...

, was released in 1972.

He was married to Joan Carol, though it is not known the year of marriage or how the marriage came to end.

Vernon Sewell died on 21 June 2001 in Durban, South Africa at age 97.

Filmography (director)

• 1933: Morgenrot
• 1934: The Medium
• 1937: A Test for Love
• 1938: Breakers Ahead
• 1939: What Men Live By
• 1943: The Silver Fleet
  The Silver Fleet
  The Silver Fleet was written and directed by British filmmakers Vernon Sewell and Gordon Wellesley and produced by Powell & Pressburger under the banner of The Archers.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1945: The World Owes Me a Living
  The World Owes Me a Living
  The World Owes Me a Living is a 1945 British World War II film drama, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring David Farrar and Judy Campbell. The film is based on a novel by John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who was killed in action in 1940 while serving in the Royal Air Force...
  
  
• 1945: Latin Quarter
  Latin Quarter (film)
  Latin Quarter is a 1945 British thriller, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Derrick De Marney, Joan Greenwood and Beresford Egan. The film is an adaptation of the play L'Angoisse by Pierre Mills and C. Vylars...
  
  
• 1947: The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
  The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
  The Ghosts of Berkeley Square is a 1947 British comedy film, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Robert Morley and Felix Aylmer. The film is an adaptation of the novel No Nightingales by Caryl Brahms and S. J. Simon, inspired by the enduring reputation of the property at 50 Berkeley Square as...
  
  
• 1948: Uneasy Terms
• 1949: The Jack of Diamonds
• 1951: The Dark Light
• 1951: The Black Widow
  The Black Widow (1951 film)
  The Black Widow is a 1951 British thriller, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Christine Norden and Robert Ayres. The film was a B-movie production by Hammer Film Productions and was based on a radio serial entitled Return from Darkness.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1952: The Floating Dutchman
  The Floating Dutchman
  The Floating Dutchman is a 1952 British crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Dermot Walsh, Sydney Tafler and Mary Germaine. A Scotland Yard detective goes undercover amongst jewel thieves after a dead Dutchman is found floating in the river. It was based on a novel by Nicholas...
  
  
• 1952: Ghost Ship
  Ghost Ship (1952 film)
  Ghost Ship is a 1952 British thriller film directed by Vernon Sewell and written by Vernon Sewell and Philip Thornton. Despite the same titles, the 2002 film of the same title is not considered a remake of this film. -Plot:...
  
  
• 1953: Counterspy
• 1954: Dangerous Voyage
• 1954: Radio Cab Murder

• 1955: Where There's a Will
  Where There's a Will (1955 film)
  Where There's a Will is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Leslie Dwyer and Michael Shepley...
  
  
• 1956: Johnny, You're Wanted
  Johnny, You're Wanted
  Johnny, You're Wanted is a 1956 British crime B-movie, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring John Slater. The film features famous strongwoman Joan Rhodes performing her stage act.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1956: Soho Incident
• 1956: Home and Away
  Home and Away (1956 film)
  Home and Away is a 1956 British drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison. It depitcts the life of an ordinary working-class man after he wins the football pools. The film reunited Warner and Harrison who had previously appeared together in the Huggetts...
  
  
• 1957: Rogue's Yarn
• 1958: Battle of the V-1
  Battle of the V-1
  Battle of the V-1 is a British war film from 1958, starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina, Milly Vitale, David Knight and Christopher Lee...
  
  
• 1959: Wrong Number
• 1960: Urge to Kill
  Urge to Kill (film)
  Urge to Kill is a 1960 British B-movie serial killer film, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Patrick Barr, Ruth Dunning and Terence Knapp. The film is based on the novel Hughie Roddis and play Hand in Glove, both by Gerald Savory...
  
  
• 1961: House of Mystery
• 1961: The Wind of Change
  The Wind of Change (film)
  The Wind of Change is a 1961 British drama, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Donald Pleasence, Johnny Briggs and Ann Lynn. Taking its title from the famous "Wind of Change" speech given by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in South Africa in February 1960, it is one of the earliest...
  
  
• 1961: The Man in the Back Seat
  The Man in the Back Seat
  The Man in the Back Seat is a 1961 British B-movie crime film, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Derren Nesbitt and Keith Faulkner. The film was based on an Edgar Wallace story, and was tightly shot, with only four name-credited actors and much of the action taking place in a cramped flat...
  
  
• 1962: Strongroom
  Strongroom (film)
  Strongroom is a 1962 British crime drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Derren Nesbitt, Colin Gordon and Ann Lynn. During a bank robbery the bank manager and cashier are locked in a safe, but the criminals are forced to return to the bank to release them before the police...
  
  
• 1963: A Matter of Choice
  A Matter of Choice
  A Matter of Choice is a 1963 British drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Anthony Steel, Jeanne Moody and Ballard Berkeley. Two youths accidentally kill a man.-Cast:* Anthony Steel - John Crighton* Jeanne Moody - Lisa Grant...
  
  
• 1963: Strictly for the Birds
  Strictly for the Birds
  Strictly for the Birds is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Tony Tanner, Joan Sims and Graham Stark. Terry Blessing seems to be having a lucky day, winning at gambling, until suddenly an ex-girlfriend terms up with what she claims is his son.-Cast:* Tony Tanner ... ...
  
  
• 1967: Some May Live
  Some May Live
  Some May Live is a 1967 British war film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Peter Cushing, Joseph Cotton and Martha Hyer. It is also known as In Saigon Some May Live. During the Vietnam War, a security leak in Saigon has to be plugged.-Cast:...
  
  
• 1968: The Blood Beast Terror
  The Blood Beast Terror
  The Blood Beast Terror is a 1968 British horror film released by Tigon. It was known in the United States under the title The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood.-Story:A series of grisly murders is occurring in the English countryside...
  
  
• 1968: Curse of the Crimson Altar
  Curse of the Crimson Altar
  Curse of the Crimson Altar is a 1968 British horror film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Barbara Steele and Mark Eden. The film was produced by Lewis M. Heyward for Tigon British Film Productions. The film was released as The Crimson Cult in the United States....
  
  
• 1971: Burke & Hare
  Burke & Hare (film)
  Burk & Hare, sometimes called Burke and Hare or The Horrors of Burke and Hare, is a 1971 horror film, directed by Vernon Sewell, and starring Derren Nesbitt, Harry Andrews, and Glynn Edwards. It is based on the Burke and Hare murders, and was the last film to be directed by Vernon Sewell...
  
  

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