Byron Haskin
Directing
Born 1899-04-22
Died 1984-04-16
Portland, Oregon, USA
97 credits
Academy Scientific and Technical Award 1
Awards
Nominated for 4 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 4 nominated
- 1943 Best Special Effects Nominated Desperate Journey
- 1942 Best Special Effects Nominated The Sea Wolf
- 1941 Best Special Effects Nominated The Sea Hawk
- 1940 Best Special Effects Nominated The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Academy Scientific and Technical Award 1 won
- 1939 Academy Scientific and Technical Award Won
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Byron Conrad Haskin was an American film and television director. He was born in Portland, Oregon.
He is remembered today for directing 1953's The War of the Worlds, one of many films where he teamed with producer George Pal. In his early career, he was a special effects artist, with a number of credits on Warner Bros. films, an asset when directing the killer ants film The Naked Jungle and the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Haskin also worked as a cinematographer and producer.
His career in television included directing six episodes of the original The Outer Limits, including two highly regarded episodes, "The Architects of Fear" and "Demon with a Glass Hand". He also co-produced the original Star Trek pilot episode, "The Cage".
Haskin appeared as an interviewee on-screen in the 1980 documentary Hollywood series by Kevin Brownlow. Haskin died in Montecito, California six days before his 85th birthday.
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Filmography
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Directing
27 credits
The Outer Limits
Studio 57
Alcoa Theatre
Screen Director's Playhouse
The War of the Worlds
Tales to Keep You Awake
The Wonderful World of Disney
Treasure Island
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Long John Silver
The Naked Jungle
World of Giants
The Power
I Walk Alone
Warpath
Captain Sindbad
His Majesty O'Keefe
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Too Late for Tears
Silver City
Denver and Rio Grande
Armored Command
Conquest of Space
From the Earth to the Moon
Long John Silver
Tarzan's Peril
The First Texan
Acting
27 credits
Hollywood
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Sea Hawk
The Sea Wolf
Santa Fe Trail
Dodge City
Virginia City
Across the Pacific
Dive Bomber
They Drive by Night
In This Our Life
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Great Lie
Knute Rockne All American
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
City for Conquest
Invisible Stripes
Passage to Marseille
Manpower
It All Came True
Torrid Zone
Gambling on the High Seas
Submarine D-1
Dust Be My Destiny
Wings for the Eagle
Flowing Gold
The Wagons Roll at Night
Other credits
5 credits
Producing
1 credit
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