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name: "James Hill"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "9 July 1919"
died: "7 October 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:15:25.666693+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# James Hill

Director. Born 9 July 1919 in Eldwick, Yorks, England, UK. Died 7 October 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 9 July 1919, Eldwick, Yorks, England, UK
- **Died:** 7 October 1994
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161154, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384342/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/126462

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Avengers*](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) (83)

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## Biography

James Hill was a British film and television director, screenwriter and producer. He entered the GPO Film Unit as an assistant in 1937 and served in the RAF Film Unit during the Second World War.

Hill directed episodes of the series *The Avengers* (1961), *The Saint* (1962), *The Persuaders!* (1971) and *The New Avengers* (1976). His feature films include *A Study in Terror* (1965) and *Born Free* (1966). He also directed and produced the children's series *Worzel Gummidge* (1979) and its sequel series.

He won an Academy Award for the short documentary *Giuseppina* (1960) and received further awards for the short *The Home-Made Car* (1963).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Avengers* (1961), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

## Also known for

- *The Saint* (1962), Director
- *The Persuaders!* (1971), Director
- *Born Free* (1966), Director
- *A Study in Terror* (1965), Director
- *The New Avengers* (1976), Director

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