Paul Wendkos - Фильмы

Paul Wendkos (20 сентября, 1922; Филадельфия, Пенсильвания – ноябрь 12, 2009; Malibu, California) was an American television and film director. Following военное время service in the US Navy and attending Columbia University on the GI Bill Wendkos made his first feature, a documentary on a school for the blind called Dark Interlude в 1953. Wendkos's first feature film was The Burglar . Wendkos's fluid camera technique caught the attention of the head of Columbia Pictures главный Harry Cohn who not only wished to distribute the film, but put Wendkos on a contract. A variety of films followed for Columbia beginning with the hard-hitting crime drama The Case Against Brooklyn, two suspenseful драмы был Тарава Плацдарм and Battle of the Coral Sea, the youth-oriented Gidget and two сиквела Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Gidget Goes to Rome as well as Because they'Re Young. Wendkos also directed many episodes of Playhouse 90, театр Алкоа, Бен Кэйси, доктор Килдэр, шоссе 66, The Rifleman, мистер Новак, Honey West, The Big Valley, I Spy, The Invaders and Hawaii Five-O. I Spy With, Wendkos filmed several interesting episodes but was deemed too "arty" by the producers and let go. В 1968 Wendkos signed a five picture contract with Productions, Mirisch beginning with the war фильма Attack on the Iron Coast and Hell followed by Boats Westerns set in Mexico but filmed in SpainGuns of the Magnificent Seven and Cannon for Cordoba. He also made the first feature film for Quinn Martin, The Mephisto Waltz. From 1970 until his retirement in 1999, Wendkos specialized in made-for-television movies. One of these was The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988), based on a TWA угон в 1985, picked up five Emmy nominations, including one for Wendkos. Wendkos что cited by кино критик Эндрю Саррис in his book The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968. He is also cited, along with many other directors, The American Vein: Directors and Directions in Television by Christopher Wicking and ТИСЭ Vahimagi, талисман Books (Англия), 1979, and E. P. Dutton (United States), 1979; Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 79-52675. Wendkos married Рут Бернат on March 1, 1953 and had one son, Иордания Elkan Wendkos. Рут died in June, 1978. Wendkos married Лин болен, Формирователь NBC VP & Producer в 1983 and they lived happily together в Малибу, Калифорния until his death. He is survived by his son, Иордания, s granddaughter, Жюстин Wendkos, and his wife Лин болен Wendkos. Wendkos что ill for several years following a stroke. He died on November 12, 2009 в Малибу, Калифорния.