Andrew Salmon, December 7 1946 - May 16 2002, was an English film director and scriptwriter, most noted for his direction of the 1967 horror film The Grim Death.

Early Life

Andrew Salmon was born in Somerset on December 7 146, with his parents moving to Belfast, Northern Ireland, the same year. He recieved his education at the Royal Belfast Academical Instisution, which he joined in 1959 and left in 1958, due to having to repeat his fourth-form year due to poor exam results.

Film Career

After taking up a number of jobs for short periods of time, Andrew got a small-time job as an on-set assistant for the 1964 film Tom Jones. It was then he decided he wanted to be a director, and, after three years climbing the promotion ladder, making money by writing scripts part-time he was given a small budget to make a film, and he produced The Grim Death in 1967. The Grim Death was a flop, the first and only film he produced.

Later Life

After his failure, he continued writing scripts, and died of Bowel Cancer, in his house in Dorset, in [2002]].