Byron Haskin
- Directing
- April 22, 1899 · Portland, Oregon, USA
- April 16, 1984
Biography
Byron Conrad Haskin was an American film and television director. He was born in Portland, Oregon. He is remembered today for directing 1953's The War of the Worlds, one of many films where he teamed with producer George Pal. In his early career, he was a special effects artist, with a number of credits on Warner Bros. films, an asset when directing the killer ants film The Naked Jungle and the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Haskin also worked as a cinematographer and producer. His career in television included directing six episodes of the original The Outer Limits, including two highly regarded episodes, "The Architects of Fear" and "Demon with a Glass Hand". He also co-produced the original Star Trek pilot episode, "The Cage". Haskin appeared as an interviewee on-screen in the 1980 documentary Hollywood series by Kevin Brownlow. Haskin died in Montecito, California six days before his 85th birthday.
Known for
Filmography
- Hollywood · Self
- The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · Director
- The Power · Director
- Star Trek · Producer, Associate Producer
- Tales to Keep You Awake · Director
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars · Director
- The Outer Limits · Director
- Captain Sindbad · Director
- Armored Command · Director
- September Storm · Director
- Jet Over The Atlantic · Director
- World of Giants · Director
- The Little Savage · Director
- From the Earth to the Moon · Director
- Alcoa Theatre · Director
- The Adventures of Long John Silver · Director
- The Boss · Director
- The First Texan · Director
- Affair in Sumatra · Self, Director
- Screen Director's Playhouse · Director
- Conquest of Space · Director
- Long John Silver · Director
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Director
- Studio 57 · Director
- The Naked Jungle · Director
- His Majesty O'Keefe · Director
- The War of the Worlds · Director
- Denver and Rio Grande · Director
- Silver City · Director
- Warpath · Director
- Tarzan's Peril · Director
- Treasure Island · Director
- Too Late for Tears · Director
- Man-Eater of Kumaon · Director
- I Walk Alone · Director
- Arsenic and Old Lace · Special Effects
- Passage to Marseille · Special Effects
- Across the Pacific · Special Effects
- Wings for the Eagle · Special Effects
- In This Our Life · Special Effects
- Always in My Heart · Special Effects
- Bullet Scars · Special Effects
- Captains of the Clouds · Special Effects
- Dive Bomber · Special Effects
- Manpower · Special Effects
- The Wagons Roll at Night · Special Effects
- The Great Lie · Special Effects
- The Sea Wolf · Special Effects
- Santa Fe Trail · Special Effects
- South of Suez · Special Effects
- Knute Rockne All American · Special Effects
- City for Conquest · Special Effects
- Flowing Gold · Special Effects
- The Sea Hawk · Special Effects
- They Drive by Night · Special Effects
- Gambling on the High Seas · Other
- Torrid Zone · Special Effects
- It All Came True · Special Effects
- Virginia City · Special Effects
- Castle on the Hudson · Special Effects
- Invisible Stripes · Special Effects
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex · Special Effects
- Dust Be My Destiny · Special Effects
- Dodge City · Special Effects
- Submarine D-1 · Special Effects
- Green Light · Cinematography
- Stage Struck · Cinematography
- I Married a Doctor · Cinematography
- Colleen · Cinematography
- Personal Maid's Secret · Cinematography
- A Midsummer Night's Dream · Special Effects
- Black Fury · Cinematography
- As the Earth Turns · Cinematography
- The Guilty Generation · Cinematography
- Canaries Sometimes Sing · Technical Supervisor
- On Approval · Technical Supervisor
- Rookery Nook · Production Supervisor
- Glad Rag Doll · Cinematography
- Black Waters · Supervising Producer
- The Redeeming Sin · Cinematography