Lesley Selander
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 26, 1900
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- December 5, 1979
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.
Movies directed by Lesley Selander
- Flight to Mars 1951 · ★ 5.2
- Fort Yuma 1955 · ★ 5.3
- Shotgun 1955 · ★ 5.6
- The Texican 1966 · ★ 5.4
- Revolt at Fort Laramie 1957 · ★ 6.6
- Tall Man Riding 1955 · ★ 5.8
- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold 1958 · ★ 6.6
- Panhandle 1948 · ★ 5.8
- The Vampire's Ghost 1945 · ★ 5.5
- Flat Top 1952 · ★ 4.6
- The Catman of Paris 1946 · ★ 5.6
- Blackmail 1947 · ★ 4.2
- War Paint 1953 · ★ 5.6
- Fort Algiers 1953 · ★ 6.2
- Town Tamer 1965 · ★ 6.8
- Belle Starr's Daughter 1948 · ★ 5.1
- Tomahawk Trail 1957 · ★ 6.0
- Arrow In The Dust 1954 · ★ 6.2
- Fort Utah 1967 · ★ 4.3
- Fort Courageous 1965 · ★ 5.0
- Colt Comrades 1943 · ★ 6.0
- The Raiders 1952 · ★ 5.8
- I Was an American Spy 1951 · ★ 6.6
- Cow Country 1953 · ★ 4.6
- Cassidy of Bar 20 1938 · ★ 6.0
- Three Men from Texas 1940 · ★ 6.6
- The Fatal Witness 1945 · ★ 6.0
- Quincannon, Frontier Scout 1956 · ★ 5.2
- The Yellow Tomahawk 1954 · ★ 6.6
- Desert Sands 1955 · ★ 5.0
- Dragonfly Squadron 1954 · ★ 5.9
- The Broken Star 1956 · ★ 6.9
- Fort Vengeance 1953 · ★ 6.4
- Lumberjack 1944 · ★ 5.8
- Convict Stage 1965 · ★ 6.4
- Arizona Bushwhackers 1968 · ★ 4.3
- Riders of the Deadline 1943 · ★ 5.3
- Bar 20 1943 · ★ 4.9
- Bar 20 Justice 1938 · ★ 5.4
- Red River Robin Hood 1942 · ★ 6.2