Portrait of Don Sharp

Directing

Don Sharp

Career

Active from 1950 to 1989, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Avengers
The Avengers
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Don Sharp Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.4, average 3.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Pathos
    4.0, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Period Piece 4
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Suspenseful Atmosphere 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Tension 2
  • Period Drama 2
  • 1960s Television 2
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Supernatural Thriller 2
  • B-Movie Charm 2
  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

3 titles ยท average score 51
Tears in the Rain
Tears in the Rain (1988)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

What Waits Below
What Waits Below (1984)
GoodWatch score 35

Director

Guardian of the Abyss
Guardian of the Abyss (1980)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

1970s

9 titles ยท average score 63
Bear Island
Bear Island (1979)
GoodWatch score 50

Screenplay, Director

The Thirty Nine Steps
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers (1978)
GoodWatch score 77

Director

Hennessy
Hennessy (1975)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

Callan
Callan (1974)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

Psychomania
Psychomania (1973)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

Dark Places
Dark Places (1973)
GoodWatch score 50

Director, Adaptation

Follow Me!
Follow Me! (1972)
GoodWatch score 72

Editor

Puppet on a Chain
Puppet on a Chain (1970)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Director

1960s

15 titles ยท average score 56
Taste of Excitement
Taste of Excitement (1969)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay, Director

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
GoodWatch score 40

Director

The Violent Enemy
The Violent Enemy (1967)

Director

Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

The Brides of Fu Manchu
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Writer

Our Man in Marrakesh
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

Curse of the Fly
Curse of the Fly (1965)
GoodWatch score 42

Director

The Face of Fu Manchu
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

The Devil-Ship Pirates
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Witchcraft
Witchcraft (1964)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

The Kiss of the Vampire
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

It's All Happening
It's All Happening (1963)

Director

1950s

9 titles ยท average score 69
The Golden Disc
The Golden Disc (1958)

Screenplay, Director

The Adventures of Hal 5
The Adventures of Hal 5 (1957)

Director

The Blue Peter
The Blue Peter (1955)

Writer, Screenplay

The Stolen Airliner
The Stolen Airliner (1955)

Director, Writer

Child's Play
Child's Play (1954)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer

Conflict of Wings
Conflict of Wings (1954)

Screenplay

The Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea (1953)
GoodWatch score 87

as Lieutenant-Commander

The Planter's Wife
The Planter's Wife (1952)
GoodWatch score 62

as Lt. Summers

Ha'penny Breeze
Ha'penny Breeze (1950)

as Johnny Craig