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'''Lesley Selander''' (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American [[film director]] of [[Western (genre)|Western]]s and [[adventure film|adventure]] 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 (film)|The Cat and the Fiddle]]'' (1934), ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]'' (1935), and [[Fritz Lang]]'s ''[[Fury (1936 film)|Fury]]'' (1936). |
'''Lesley Selander''' (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American [[film director]] of [[Western (genre)|Western]]s and [[adventure film|adventure]] 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 (film)|The Cat and the Fiddle]]'' (1934), ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]'' (1935), and [[Fritz Lang]]'s ''[[Fury (1936 film)|Fury]]'' (1936). |
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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.<ref name="Lesley Selander at IMDb">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782947/bio |
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.<ref name="Lesley Selander at IMDb">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782947/bio Lesley Selander at IMDb]</ref> 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 (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]''.<ref name="Selander DGA award">[http://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1950s/1956.aspx Selander DGA award]</ref> |
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Born | Los Angeles, California | 26 May 1900
Died | 5 December 1979 Los Alamitos, California | (aged 79)
Occupation | Film director |
Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and adventure 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.[1] 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.[2]
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External links[edit]
- Lesley Selander at IMDb
- Lesley Selander at Find a Grave
- Lesley Selander, Western movies and Australia