British director Jack Lee studied photography at Regent Street
Polytechnic, and in 1938 he was hired by GPO Film as a documentary
cameraman. He shot a lot of footage, at great personal risk, during the
Nazi bombing campaign during World War II against London, known as "The
Blitz", and began his directorial career with two wartime
documentaries,
The Pilot Is Safe (1941) and
Ordinary People (1942). He made
his first feature film in 1947,
The Woman in the Hall (1947),
followed by a picture about the sport of speedway racing,
Maniacs on Wheels (1949).
In 1950 he directed the well-received
The Wooden Horse (1950), about
British prisoners in a German POW camp plotting an escape.
In 1963 he moved to Australia, and shot several films there. His wife,
Isabel Kidman, was a distant relative of actress
Nicole Kidman.
Circle of Deception(1960)
The Captain's Table(1959)
Robbery Under Arms(1957)
A Town Like Alice(1956)
Pacific Destiny(1956)
Turn the Key Softly(1953)
Maniacs on Wheels(1949)
The Woman in the Hall(1947)
Children on Trial(1946)
Shopping Day(1963)
V.1.(1944)
Welfare of the Workers(1940)
London Can Take It!(1940)
Coastal Command(1943)
A Profile of 'A Town Like Alice'(2001)as Self
The British Greats(1980)as Self