Lesley Selander

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.

Directed

1. Lassie (1954) — Director
2. Flight to Mars (1951) — Director
3. Daniel Boone (1964) — Director
4. Fort Yuma (1955) — Director
5. Shotgun (1955) — Director
6. The Texican (1966) — Director
7. Revolt at Fort Laramie (1957) — Director
8. Tall Man Riding (1955) — Director
9. The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) — Director
10. Laramie (1959) — Director
11. Panhandle (1948) — Director
12. The Vampire's Ghost (1945) — Director
13. Flat Top (1952) — Director
14. Blackmail (1947) — Director
15. The Catman of Paris (1946) — Director
16. War Paint (1953) — Director
17. Belle Starr's Daughter (1948) — Director
18. Fort Algiers (1953) — Director
19. Tomahawk Trail (1957) — Director
20. Town Tamer (1965) — Director
21. Arrow In The Dust (1954) — Director
22. Fort Utah (1967) — Director
23. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) — Director
24. Fort Courageous (1965) — Director
25. I Was an American Spy (1951) — Director
26. Colt Comrades (1943) — Director
27. Cow Country (1953) — Director
28. The Raiders (1952) — Director
29. Three Men from Texas (1940) — Director
30. Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938) — Director
31. The Fatal Witness (1945) — Director
32. Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956) — Director
33. The Yellow Tomahawk (1954) — Director
34. Desert Sands (1955) — Director
35. The Broken Star (1956) — Director
36. Fort Vengeance (1953) — Director
37. The Tall Man (1960) — Director
38. Lumberjack (1944) — Director
39. Convict Stage (1965) — Director
40. Arizona Bushwhackers (1968) — Director