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

Behind the camera

A Ghost of a Chance poster
6.7

Three 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

The Ghost of Monk's Island poster
7.2

Sailing 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

A Hitch in Time poster
6.0

Two children help an eccentric professor test his new time machine.

A Hitch in Time

1978

Up in the Air poster
7.0

Victorian 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

Up in the Air poster
7.0

Victorian 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

No artwork available
6.5

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

No artwork available
9.0

Cousins raise an orphaned fawn.

Fern, the Red Deer

1977

Go Kart Go poster
7.7

Jimpy leads a gang of kids as they attempt to beat another gang, no matter how underhanded their tactics are.

Go Kart Go

1964

Runaway Railway poster
7.0

A 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

No artwork available
9.0

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