William Witney

William Witney

Directing
Born 1915-05-15 Lawton, Oklahoma, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.6
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Nuelsen Witney (15 May 1915 – 17 March 2002) was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu. He directed many Westerns during his career, and is credited with devising the modern system o...
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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

William Nuelsen Witney (15 May 1915 – 17 March 2002) was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu.

He directed many Westerns during his career, and is credited with devising the modern system of filming movie fight sequences in a series of carefully choreographed shots, which he patterned after the musical sequences of American director Busby Berkeley.[1] Prolific and pugnacious, Witney began directing while still in his 20s, and continued until 1982.

Quentin Tarantino singles out Witney as one of his favorite directors, particularly for The Golden Stallion (1949), a Roy Rogers vehicle.[2] Witney also directed Master of the World (1961) starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson.

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Known For

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The High Chaparral poster
The High Chaparral
as Director
1967-09-10
Tarzan poster
Tarzan
as Director
1966-09-08
Laredo poster
Laredo
as Director
1965-09-16
Branded poster
Branded
as Director
1965-01-24
Daniel Boone poster
Daniel Boone
as Director
1964-09-24
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Director
1962-09-20
The Virginian poster
The Virginian
as Director
1962-09-19
Laramie poster
Laramie
as Director
1959-09-15

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