Directing
Jan Darnley-Smith
Born — Died
1932-05-14 — 1996-01-01
Place of birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Known for
Directing
Credits
10 titles
Jan Darnley-Smith was born on 14 May 1932 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Jan was a director and writer, known for Kim & Co. (1975), The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960) and Up in the Air (1971). Jan was married to Pamela Georgina Louise Paltenghi. Jan died in 1996 in England, UK.
Known for
6.7Three children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by a group of friendly ghosts.
A Ghost of a Chance
1967
7.2Sailing too far from shore, the Robinson children are marooned on a deserted Island. Their fight for survival is hampered by mysterious events, and the even more mysterious 'Ghost of Monk's Island'.
The Ghost of Monk's Island
1966
6.0Two children help an eccentric professor test his new time machine.
A Hitch in Time
1978
7.0Victorian schoolboy adventure. Freddie is sent away to a boarding school where he is very miserable and tries to escape in several instances. Finally the head of the school who made his life impossible is accused and taken away.
Up in the Air
1969
Hill plays a caterer who gets drunk on the job and proceeds to make a disaster of a middle class couple's dinner party.
The Waiters
1969
Cousins raise an orphaned fawn.
Fern, the Red Deer
1977
Behind the camera
6.7Three children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by a group of friendly ghosts.
A Ghost of a Chance
1967
7.2Sailing too far from shore, the Robinson children are marooned on a deserted Island. Their fight for survival is hampered by mysterious events, and the even more mysterious 'Ghost of Monk's Island'.
The Ghost of Monk's Island
1966
6.0Two children help an eccentric professor test his new time machine.
A Hitch in Time
1978
7.0Victorian schoolboy adventure. Freddie is sent away to a boarding school where he is very miserable and tries to escape in several instances. Finally the head of the school who made his life impossible is accused and taken away.
Up in the Air
1969
7.0Victorian schoolboy adventure. Freddie is sent away to a boarding school where he is very miserable and tries to escape in several instances. Finally the head of the school who made his life impossible is accused and taken away.
Up in the Air
1969
Hill plays a caterer who gets drunk on the job and proceeds to make a disaster of a middle class couple's dinner party.
The Waiters
1969
Cousins raise an orphaned fawn.
Fern, the Red Deer
1977
7.7Jimpy leads a gang of kids as they attempt to beat another gang, no matter how underhanded their tactics are.
Go Kart Go
1964
7.0A group of young railway enthusiasts attempt to stop the closure of the local railway by trying to raise money to buy it and the steam engine "Matilda." They get help from a pair of men claiming to be enthusiasts but who turn out to be robbers who plan to hold up the mail train
Runaway Railway
1965
The young inventors Dick and Jenny Brewster, build their own 'Hoverbug' and hope to win the race which has been organised for home-made Hovercraft, but their arch rivals, Charlie and Sydney, bend the rules by enlisting professional help and by employing devious means to sabotage the Hoverbug.
Hoverbug
1969
