FILE - In this Sept. 9, 1955 file photo, director Ken Annakin is shown in Rome. Annakin, the British-born filmmaker best known for directing the 1965 World War II epic "The Battle of the Bulge," died at his home Wednesday, April 22, 2009, in Beverly Hills, Calif., according to his daughter Deborah Peters. He was 94. (AP Photo/Mario Torrisi, file)