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Lesley Selander

Lesley Selander

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.

Born: 1900-05-26 • Los Angeles, California, USA • 148 titles

Known For

Known For

The Thin Man
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Movie•1934

The Thin Man

Fury
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Movie•1936

Fury

Movie•1926

Napoleon, Jr.

The Barrier
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Movie•1937

The Barrier

Fury
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Movie•1955

Fury

Movie•1928

Don't Marry

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
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Movie•1936

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek

The Timber Wolf
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Movie•1925

The Timber Wolf

The Pilgrim Lady
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Movie•1947

The Pilgrim Lady

Taming Sutton’s Gal
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Movie•1957

Taming Sutton’s Gal

War Party
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Movie•1965

War Party

Left-Handed Law
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Movie•1937

Left-Handed Law

Last Frontier Uprising
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Movie•1947

Last Frontier Uprising

Guns of Hate
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Movie•1948

Guns of Hate

Great Stagecoach Robbery
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Movie•1945

Great Stagecoach Robbery

Cheyenne Wildcat
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Movie•1944

Cheyenne Wildcat

Traffic in Crime
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Movie•1946

Traffic in Crime

Brothers in the Saddle
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Movie•1949

Brothers in the Saddle

Knights of the Range
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Movie•1940

Knights of the Range

Strike It Rich
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Movie•1948

Strike It Rich