After his disappointment with HHL , Mackendrick directed several television commercials in Europe for Horlicks . He also made a handful of films throughout the Sixties including '' Sammy Going South '' ( 1963 ) , '' A High Wind in Jamaica '' ( 1965 ) , and '' Do n't Make Waves '' ( 1967 ) . '' Sammy Going South '' was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival . A project to film Ionesco 's '' Rhinoceros '' , which would have starred Tony Hancock and Barbara Windsor , fell through at the last minute . In 1969 he returned to the United States after being made Dean of the film school of the California Institute of the Arts , giving up the position in 1978 to become a professor at the school
3rd Moscow International Film Festival
3rd Moscow International Film Festival
Alexander Mackendrick