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Filmmaker · Australia

Ken Hannam

Died in 2004

Ken Hannam was born on 12 July 1929 in Melbourne. As a child, he acted on public radio according to the Directors' Fortnight, then became a radio scriptwriter; when television arrived in Australia, he wrote, produced and directed series and programmes for it. He settled in London in 1968 and worked for English television, then returned to Australia in 1974 to make his first feature film, followed by a few others. He then directed many episodes of series in Britain, until the early 2000s, and died on 16 November 2004 in London.

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