William Witney
Directing
Born 1915-05-15
Died 2002-03-17
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
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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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Directing
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Bonanza
The Wild Wild West
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
Daniel Boone
Zorro
The High Chaparral
Laramie
Tarzan
State Trooper
Laredo
Branded
Riverboat
The Tall Man
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Hondo
Marnie
Coronado 9
Stories of the Century
Kodiak
Western von gestern
The Wide Country
Frontier Doctor
Frontier Circus
Dr. Fu Manchu
Spy Smasher
Overland Trail
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
The Cowboys
Master of the World
Apache Rifles
The Outcast
Border Saddlemates
Adventures of Captain Marvel
King of the Mounties
The Crimson Ghost
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Old Overland Trail
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Eyes of Texas
Arizona Raiders
The Bonnie Parker Story
Drums of Fu Manchu
Juvenile Jungle
The Girls on the Beach
40 Guns to Apache Pass
Santa Fe Passage
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Dick Tracy's G-Men
Zorro Rides Again
Drums of Fu Manchu
Adventures of Red Ryder
Heldorado
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Susanna Pass
I Escaped from Devil's Island
Jungle Girl
Iron Mountain Trail
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