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Lesley Selander

Born 1900-05-26

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.

Known for

Flight to Mars 1951 · 5.1 Tall Man Riding 1955 · 6.4 The Texican 1966 · 5.8 The Vampire's Ghost 1945 · 5.9 Shotgun 1955 · 6.0 Flat Top 1952 · 5.9 War Paint 1953 · 5.7 Fort Yuma 1955 · 5.3 Panhandle 1948 · 6.3 The Catman of Paris 1946 · 5.4 Fort Algiers 1953 · 5.4 Jungle Raiders 1945 · 6.5