Director
24 May 1926 to 3 July 2021
A British director, who started out as a clapper boy in the 1940s, before moving up to focus puller and camera operator, working on such classics as The African Queen (1951), A Taste of Honey (1961) and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962). Davis made his directorial debut with Girl with Green Eyes (1964), but perhaps his best known work as director is Clash of the Titans (1981). He was BAFTA nominated for television feature The Country Girls (1983).
Read Desmond Davis's Guardian obituary
Read Desmond Davis's Telegraph obituary
