Lesley Selander
- Directing
- May 26, 1900 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Arizona Bushwhackers · Director
- Fort Utah · Director
- The Texican · Director
- Town Tamer · Director
- Fort Courageous · Director
- War Party · Director
- Convict Stage · Director
- Daniel Boone · Director
- The Tall Man · Director
- Overland Trail · Director
- Laramie · Director
- Cannonball · Director
- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold · Director
- The Wayward Girl · Director
- Taming Sutton’s Gal · Director
- Outlaw's Son · Director
- Revolt at Fort Laramie · Director
- Tomahawk Trail · Director
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · Director
- Quincannon, Frontier Scout · Director
- The Broken Star · Director
- Desert Sands · Director
- Fury · Director
- Fort Yuma · Director
- Tall Man Riding · Director
- Shotgun · Director
- Lassie · Director
- Return from the Sea · Director
- The Yellow Tomahawk · Director
- Arrow In The Dust · Director
- Dragonfly Squadron · Director
- The Royal African Rifles · Director
- Fighter Attack · Director
- Fort Algiers · Director
- War Paint · Director
- Cow Country · Director
- Fort Vengeance · Director
- The Raiders · Director
- Flat Top · Director
- Battle Zone · Director
- Desert Passage · Director
- Road Agent · Director
- Trail Guide · Director
- Fort Osage · Director
- Overland Telegraph · Director
- Flight to Mars · Director
- Pistol Harvest · Director
- The Highwayman · Director
- Gunplay · Director
- Cavalry Scout · Director
- I Was an American Spy · Director
- Saddle Legion · Director
- Law of the Badlands · Director
- Short Grass · Director
- The Kangaroo Kid · Director
- Rio Grande Patrol · Director
- Rider from Tucson · Director
- Storm Over Wyoming · Director
- Dakota Lil · Director
- Riders of the Range · Director
- The Mysterious Desperado · Director
- Masked Raiders · Director
- Stampede · Director
- Sky Dragon · Director
- Rustlers · Director
- Brothers in the Saddle · Director
- Indian Agent · Director
- Strike It Rich · Director
- Belle Starr's Daughter · Director
- Guns of Hate · Director
- Panhandle · Director
- The Red Stallion · Director
- Blackmail · Director
- Robin Hood Of Texas · Director
- Saddle Pals · Director
- Last Frontier Uprising · Director
- The Pilgrim Lady · Director
- Out California Way · Director
- Night Train to Memphis · Director
- Traffic in Crime · Director