Melville Shyer
Directing1895Memphis - Tennessee - USA
Biography
From Wikipedia
Melville Jacob Shyer (September 28, 1895 – September 14,
1968) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer and one of
the founders of the Directors Guild of America. His career spanned over 50
years, during which he worked with Mack Sennett and D. W. Griffith.
Shyer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Hattie
(Schwarzenberg) and Charles Richard Shyer. His family was of German Jewish
background.
His son is writer and director Charles Shyer.
Known For
Acting History
1957
Beginning of the End
Assistant Director
1955
The Night Holds Terror
Assistant Director
1952
The Maverick
Assistant Director
Man from the Black Hills
Assistant Director
Montana Incident
Assistant Director
1951
Man from Sonora
Assistant Director
The Longhorn
Assistant Director
1950
Arizona Territory
Assistant Director
I Shot Billy the Kid
Assistant Director
Cherokee Uprising
Assistant Director
1949
Arson, Inc.
Assistant Director
1948
1946
Terror by Night
Assistant Director
The Cat Creeps
Assistant Director
Ernest Hemingway's The Killers
Assistant Director
1945
1944
Gypsy Wildcat
Assistant Director
Jungle Woman
Assistant Director
1943
It Comes Up Love
Assistant Director
Captive Wild Woman
Assistant Director
Son of Dracula
Assistant Director
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Assistant Director
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Director
All by Myself
Assistant Director
1942
Bombay Clipper
Assistant Director
1941
South of Panama
Associate Producer
1940
Mad Youth
Director
Souls in Pawn
Director
1938
Slander House
Associate Producer
1937
Smashing the Vice Trust
Director
1936
Murder at Glen Athol
Assistant Director
The Dark Hour
Assistant Director
The Bridge of Sighs
Assistant Director
Below the Deadline
Assistant Director
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
Assistant Director
Tango
Assistant Director
1935
Gun Smoke
Assistant Director
Symphony of Living
Assistant Director
The Lady in Scarlet
Assistant Director
Death from a Distance
Assistant Director
Circumstantial Evidence
Assistant Director
A Shot in the Dark
Assistant Director
False Pretenses
Assistant Director
Happiness C.O.D.
Assistant Director
The Girl Who Came Back
Assistant Director
1934
Stolen Sweets
Assistant Director
Fugitive Road
Assistant Director
Sons of Steel
Assistant Director
Green Eyes
Assistant Director
The Ghost Walks
Assistant Director
Fifteen Wives
Assistant Director
In Love with Life
Assistant Director
The Man from Hell
Screenplay
The Road to Ruin
Director
The Murder in the Museum
Director
Port of Lost Dreams
Assistant Director
City Park
Assistant Director
1933
Sucker Money
Director
By Appointment Only
Assistant Director
Twin Husbands
Assistant Director
Murder on the Campus
Assistant Director
Dance, Girl, Dance
Assistant Director
I Have Lived
Assistant Director
Forgotten
Assistant Director
Notorious But Nice
Assistant Director
In the Money
Assistant Director
A Man of Sentiment
Assistant Director
1932
The Drifter
Second Unit
The Drifter
Assistant Director
Cross-Examination
Assistant Director
A Scarlet Week-End
Assistant Director
The King Murder
Assistant Director
Probation
Assistant Director
The Midnight Lady
Assistant Director
Women Won't Tell
Assistant Director
The Wyoming Whirlwind
Assistant Director
The Secrets of Wu Sin
Assistant Director
1931
Grief Street
Assistant Director
The Lady from Nowhere
Assistant Director
The Hurricane Horseman
Assistant Director
1930
Today
Assistant Director
Ladies in Love
Assistant Director