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Lesley Selander

Lesley Selander

Directing1900Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia.

Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and science fiction movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936).

To this day, Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. In 1956, he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of Lassie.

Acting History

1967
Fort Utah
Director
1966
The Texican
Director
Daniel Boone
TVDirector1 eps
1965
Town Tamer
Director
War Party
Director
1961
The Tall Man
TVDirector2 eps
1959
Laramie
TVDirector14 eps
1955
Shotgun
Director
Fury
Director
Fort Yuma
Director
Lassie
TVDirector23 eps
1954
1952
Battle Zone
Director
1949
1948
Panhandle
Director
Indian Agent
Director
1943
1942
1937
1936
Fury
Assistant Director
Moonlight Murder
Assistant Director
The Garden Murder Case
Assistant Director
1935
A Night at the Opera
Assistant Director
1934
The Thin Man
Assistant Director
1931
The Spider
Assistant Director
1925
Durand of the Bad Lands
Assistant Director
Wolf Blood
Director of Photography

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Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/26/1900
Day of Death
12/5/1979
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA