Annabel Jankel

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Annabel Jankel

Born June 1, 1955 · London, England (age 71)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Annabel Jankel is an award-winning British film and TV director who first came to prominence as a music video director and the co-creator and director of the pioneering cyber-character Max Headroom. She is the sister of musician and songwriter Chaz Jankel, who is best known as a member of the British New Wave band Ian Dury & The Blockheads. Description above…

Known For

Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. · 1993
Super Mario Bros.
4.51993
MovieAdventureFantasy
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.
SkelligSkellig · 2009
Skellig
6.12009
MovieDramaFantasy
An ordinary boy named Michael is going through some extraordinary changes in his life. His family has just moved into an unfamiliar house, and his brand new baby sister has fallen ill. One day, while cleaning out the garden shed, he stumbles across something mysterious, a strange creature huddled in the corner; weak of body but strong of will. This is Skellig.
Tell It to the BeesTell It to the Bees · 2019
Tell It to the Bees
7.52019
MovieRomanceDrama
Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.
Desperate JourneyDesperate Journey · 2025
Desperate Journey
8.32025
MovieHistoryWar
The true story of Freddie Knoller, a young Jewish man who flees Vienna following the Nazi occupation in 1938 and finds solace in the vibrant world of Paris's burlesque scene.
The Best of Max HeadroomThe Best of Max Headroom · 1987
The Best of Max Headroom
1987
MovieComedy
Some of the best bits from 'The Max Headroom Show'.
D.O.A.D.O.A. · 1988
D.O.A.
6.31988
MovieMysteryThriller
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.
Rush: Through the Camera EyeRush: Through the Camera Eye · 1985
Rush: Through the Camera Eye
1985
MovieMusic
Through the Camera Eye is a videocassette/laserdisc release by the Canadian band Rush. It was released in 1985 by PolyGram Records. It contains promotional videos issued for the band's albums Moving Pictures (1981), Signals (1982) and Grace Under Pressure (1984).
Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1 · 2006
Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1
2006
MovieMusic
Features highlights from the first season of the Channel 4 show LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD, which saw various musical artists perform live at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. The show took the artists into the hallowed studios, and with the only audience being the TV cameras and technicians, they recorded a selection of songs later broadcast in the twelve hour-long episodes. Augmented with interviews, the shows cut through the normal visual effects and studio trickery to showcase the music itself. The 2-disc DVD brings together some of the best performances from the whole series, along with some additional goodies.

Movies

Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. · 1993
Super Mario Bros.
4.51993
MovieAdventureFantasy
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.
SkelligSkellig · 2009
Skellig
6.12009
MovieDramaFantasy
An ordinary boy named Michael is going through some extraordinary changes in his life. His family has just moved into an unfamiliar house, and his brand new baby sister has fallen ill. One day, while cleaning out the garden shed, he stumbles across something mysterious, a strange creature huddled in the corner; weak of body but strong of will. This is Skellig.
Tell It to the BeesTell It to the Bees · 2019
Tell It to the Bees
7.52019
MovieRomanceDrama
Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.
Desperate JourneyDesperate Journey · 2025
Desperate Journey
8.32025
MovieHistoryWar
The true story of Freddie Knoller, a young Jewish man who flees Vienna following the Nazi occupation in 1938 and finds solace in the vibrant world of Paris's burlesque scene.
The Best of Max HeadroomThe Best of Max Headroom · 1987
The Best of Max Headroom
1987
MovieComedy
Some of the best bits from 'The Max Headroom Show'.
D.O.A.D.O.A. · 1988
D.O.A.
6.31988
MovieMysteryThriller
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.
Rush: Through the Camera EyeRush: Through the Camera Eye · 1985
Rush: Through the Camera Eye
1985
MovieMusic
Through the Camera Eye is a videocassette/laserdisc release by the Canadian band Rush. It was released in 1985 by PolyGram Records. It contains promotional videos issued for the band's albums Moving Pictures (1981), Signals (1982) and Grace Under Pressure (1984).
Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1 · 2006
Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1
2006
MovieMusic
Features highlights from the first season of the Channel 4 show LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD, which saw various musical artists perform live at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. The show took the artists into the hallowed studios, and with the only audience being the TV cameras and technicians, they recorded a selection of songs later broadcast in the twelve hour-long episodes. Augmented with interviews, the shows cut through the normal visual effects and studio trickery to showcase the music itself. The 2-disc DVD brings together some of the best performances from the whole series, along with some additional goodies.
Touch Me (All Night Long)Touch Me (All Night Long) · 1992
Touch Me (All Night Long)
4.01992
Movie
An abstract play of shape, colour and light. Cathy Dennis wears a variety of bright neon bodysuits. Other dancers are covered in paint in varying ways
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the FutureMax Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future · 1985
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future
6.61985
MovieComedyScience Fiction
While trying to expose corruption and greed, television reporter Edison Carter discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of subliminal advertising (termed "blip-verts") that can be fatal to certain viewers.
Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video GameSuper Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game · 2014
Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
5.12014
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about the making of the live-action Super Mario Bros. movie.
Marx for BeginnersMarx for Beginners · 1979
Marx for Beginners
4.01979
MovieAnimationComedy
In order to understand the works and ideas of Karl Marx, this animation takes an ordinary man through several different periods of history, from the cavemen to the philosophers of the world to better comprehend Marx ideals for the proletarian and why the world is an unfair contradiction of all sorts.

TV Shows

Max HeadroomMax Headroom · 1987
Max Headroom
6.91987
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Television networks battle one another in an unrelenting ratings war. Whoever controls the airwaves controls the dystopic world in which they broadcast. So when Network 23's star reporter, Edison Carter, uncovers a deadly secret that could shake up the station's dominion over its viewers, the only option is to eliminate Carter before he can make his story public. After Carter's "accident," his mind is uploaded to create the world's first self-aware, computer-generated TV host — Max Headroom! But will Max bow to his creators? Or will he be the key to his human alter ago bringing down a network superpower?
The Max Headroom ShowThe Max Headroom Show · 1985
The Max Headroom Show
7.51985
SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
The Max Headroom Show started life in the UK in 1985. The show featured actor Matt Frewer playing the role as computer-generated talk-show host Max Headroom.