Directing

Anthony Pullen Shaw

Born

1952-01-07 (74)

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Known for

Tales of the Unexpected poster
6.8

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

The Spy Who Loved Me poster
6.8

Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977

A Bridge Too Far poster
7.2

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.

A Bridge Too Far

1977

The Martian Chronicles poster
7.2

The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

The Martian Chronicles

1980

North Sea Hijack poster
6.3

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.

North Sea Hijack

1980

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For poster
6.8

Jessica Fletcher, lecturing at a writers' conference, finds herself called on to solve the killing of a guest speaker, an arrogant Russian author who'd written a nonfiction, tell-all book about his tenure as head of the KGB.

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

2000

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

1970s · 3 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For poster
6.8

Jessica Fletcher, lecturing at a writers' conference, finds herself called on to solve the killing of a guest speaker, an arrogant Russian author who'd written a nonfiction, tell-all book about his tenure as head of the KGB.

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

2000

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man poster
6.5

Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep South to bring to light the mysterious details surrounding the death of a slave owned by one of her long dead ancestors in the mid-1800s.

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

2001

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest poster
7.0

Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code.

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

1997

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest poster
7.0

Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code.

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

1997

Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle poster
7.1

Jessica Fletcher is off to solve another murder mystery, this time in Ireland.

Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

2003

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris poster
7.5

Ada Harris, a London charwoman in the 1950's, sees a Dior dress and decides that she's going to own one. First, she scrimps and saves her money, but when she has enough, and takes a trip to Paris, she learns that buying an original couture creation is a little harder than simply plunking down cash. Along the way to her goal, she manages to befriend a count, unite young lovers, and dodge customs.

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

1992

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax poster
6.6

When her doctor recommends that a widow pursue her unfulfilled life ambitions, he doesn't realize that she has always wanted to be a spy. Sending a letter to her congressman gets her an interview with the CIA and accidentally gets her an assignment to Morocco for a supposed easy task of picking up an encrypted code book. When the agency realizes their mistake, they send a super-agent to watch over her. Both are taken prisoner and the real agent is injured, leaving Mrs. Pollifax to use her considerable wits to help them escape and to save the day.

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

1999