Derek Ford

Career Overview

Derek Ford has 37 screen credits in a career dating back to 1962. Signature works include Don't Open Till Christmas, What's Up Nurse, The Girl from Starship Venus. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

37

Birth Date

1932-09-06

Birth Place

Tilbury - Essex - United Kingdom

Known For

• 

  Don't Open Till Christmas
• 

  What's Up Nurse
• 

  The Girl from Starship Venus
• 

  The House That Vanished
• 

  The World at Their Feet
• 

  Corruption

Frequent Collaborators

• Mark Jones (2 collaborations)
• Michael Cronin (2 collaborations)
• Edmund Purdom (1 collaborations)
• Alan Lake (1 collaborations)
• Belinda Mayne (1 collaborations)
• Gerry Sundquist (1 collaborations)
• Kelly Baker (1 collaborations)
• Caroline Munro (1 collaborations)
• Kevin Lloyd (1 collaborations)
• Wendy Danvers (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (23 credits)

  • The Casting Couch

    writer

    writing
    1995
  • The Urge to Kill

    writer

    writing
    1989
  • Don't Open Till Christmas

    writer

    writing
    1984
  • What's Up Superdoc!

    writer

    writing
    1978
  • What's Up Nurse

    writer

    writing
    1977
  • The Girl from Starship Venus

    writer

    writing
    1975
  • Commuter Husbands

    writer

    writing
    1974
  • Keep It Up, Jack!

    writer

    writing
    1974
  • Venom

    writer

    writing
    1974
  • The House That Vanished

    writer

    writing
    1973
  • Suburban Wives

    writer

    writing
    1972
  • I Am a Groupie

    writer

    writing
    1970
  • The World at Their Feet

    writer

    writing
    1970
  • A Promise of Bed

    writer

    writing
    1969
  • Corruption

    screenplay

    writing
    1968
  • Son of the City

    writer

    writing
    1967
  • Reason for Sale

    writer

    writing
    1967
  • Primitive London

    writer

    writing
    1965
  • The Black Torment

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • Saturday Night Out

    writer

    writing
    1964
  • The Yellow Teddy Bears

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • Stork Talk

    writer

    writing
    1962
  • The Saint

    - A Double in Diamonds (1967) ... writer writing
    1962

• directing (12 credits)

  • The Urge to Kill

    director

    directing
    1989
  • The House of Orchids

    director

    directing
    1983
  • What's Up Superdoc!

    director

    directing
    1978
  • Forbidden Erotica

    director

    directing
    1978
  • What's Up Nurse

    director

    directing
    1977
  • The Girl from Starship Venus

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Commuter Husbands

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Keep It Up, Jack!

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Suburban Wives

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Secret Rites

    director

    directing
    1971
  • I Am a Groupie

    director

    directing
    1970
  • A Promise of Bed

    director

    directing
    1969

• actors (1 credits)

  • The Making of a Horror Film

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1984

• editing (1 credits)

  • The House That Vanished

    supervising editor

    editing
    1973