Directing

James Ormerod

Born — Died

1924-04-30 — 2003-04-14

Place of birth

Lancashire, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

16 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Death in Deep Water poster
7.0

A former hitman hides out in a remote fishing village but his secret soon begins to surface.

Death in Deep Water

1975

Lorna poster
9.0

In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.

Lorna

1987

No artwork available
10.0

Pringle, leader of the Brotherhood, recieves an anonymous letter accusing his wife of adultery. He employs a private investigator, Caulfield, who discovers things are not quite that straightforward. Joe Orton's last play for television: a farce.

Funeral Games

1968

Frankenstein poster
6.7

A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.

Frankenstein

1984

Killer Exposed poster
1.0

Second in a trilogy of plays. Robin Fraser is attracted to an unusual female patient of his dentistry practice. She bears a remarkable resemblance to police officer Gill Parsons.

Killer Exposed

1984

William Wilson poster
NR

Throughout his life, William Wilson finds himself being shadowed by another William Wilson, who seems to resemble him in more than name.

William Wilson

1976

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy poster
7.0

A world-weary actress is attended by her homosexual dresser as various visitors come to her dressing room.

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy

1979

Won't Write Home, Mom–I'm Dead poster
5.0

A woman hears her fiancee's ghostly voice telling her to find him.

Won't Write Home, Mom–I'm Dead

1975

South Riding poster
NR

An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel

South Riding

1974

I Have Been Here Before poster
NR

Guests at a small hotel are disquieted by the insistence of a mysterious doctor that he has been there before.

I Have Been Here Before

1982

No artwork available
9.0

Third in a trilogy. An industrial tycoon is threatened that if he starts production at his new business, that his daughter will be killed.

Killer Contract

1984

No artwork available
7.0

A student commits murder. He inherits his victim's estate. For a while, he is content, but finally his conscience starts to trouble him.

The Imp of the Perverse

1975

A Gift from Nessus poster
NR

Salesman Edie Cameron experiences setbacks in his work and personal life.

A Gift from Nessus

1980

Dangerous Corner poster
9.0

An unexpected suicide prompts much speculation about honesty and theft.

Dangerous Corner

1983

No artwork available
NR

James Beal is an advertising executive in his fifties who still lives his itfe at a pace that leaves his friends exhausted. But the moment of truth oomes to every man sooner or later—even to James.

A Man for Loving

1970

The Next Victim poster
8.0

A woman confined to a wheelchair is terrorized by a killer.

The Next Victim

1975