Robert Fuest
British film director (1927–2012)
Robert Fuest (30 September 1927 – 21 March 2012) was an English film and television director, screenwriter, production designer, and painter, who worked mostly in the horror, fantasy and suspense genres.
His notable works include The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), starring Vincent Price which was ranked by Time Out London as one of the 100 greatest horror films of all time, and its sequel Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972). He was also known for his contributions to the television series The Avengers.
Biography
Fuest was born in Croydon, south London. He graduated from Wimbledon School of Art with a national diploma in design and later studied for an art teacher diploma at Hornsey College of Art. During his national service in the Royal Air Force, he was involved in the Berlin Airlift of 1948. He subsequently taught illustration and lithography at Southampton School of Art for a decade.
In the early sixties, he designed sets for television programmes such as ITV Play of the Week and Armchair Theatre.
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