Lesley Selander

Lesley Selander

Personal information

Known for
Directing
Known credits
155
Gender
Male
Born
May 26, 1900
Died
December 5, 1979
Place of birth
Los 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.

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1935

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The Thin Man
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1934

The Thin Man

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1936

Fury

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Lassie
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1954

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Flight to Mars
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1951

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