 His work found places in classic films such as "Great Expectations", "Oliver Twist" and "The Red Shoes".He created his own company in 1951 and worked freelance on projects for relatively low-budget studios such as Hammer Films and Oakmont Productions.His films for Hammer included "The Quatermass Xperiment" (1955), "Dracula" (1958) and "The Kiss of the Vampire" (1963).