Melville Shyer
Born: 1895-09-28 in Memphis - Tennessee - USA
Died: 1968-09-14
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia Melville Jacob Shyer (September 28, 1895 – September 14, 1968) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer and one of the founders of the Directors Guild of America. His career spanned over 50 years, during which he worked with Mack Sennett and D. W. Griffith. Shyer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Hattie (Schwarzenberg) and Charles Richard Shyer. His family was of German Jewish background. His son is writer and director Charles Shyer.
Filmography
1957
- Beginning of the End ... (Assistant Director)
1955
- The Night Holds Terror ... (Assistant Director)
1952
- Man from the Black Hills ... (Assistant Director)
- Montana Incident ... (Assistant Director)
- The Maverick ... (Assistant Director)
1951
- The Longhorn ... (Assistant Director)
- Man from Sonora ... (Assistant Director)
1950
- Arizona Territory ... (Assistant Director)
- I Shot Billy the Kid ... (Assistant Director)
- Cherokee Uprising ... (Assistant Director)
1949
- Arson, Inc. ... (Assistant Director)
1948
- Jungle Goddess ... (Assistant Director)
- Smart Woman ... (Assistant Director)
- Smart Politics ... (Assistant Director)
1946
- The Killers ... (Assistant Director)
- Terror by Night ... (Assistant Director)
- The Cat Creeps ... (Assistant Director)
1945
- Scarlet Street ... (Assistant Director)
- The Woman in Green ... (Assistant Director)
- Gun Smoke ... (Assistant Director)
- Blonde Ransom ... (Assistant Director)
1944
- Jungle Woman ... (Assistant Director)
- Gypsy Wildcat ... (Assistant Director)
1943
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man ... (Assistant Director)
- Son of Dracula ... (Assistant Director)
- Captive Wild Woman ... (Assistant Director)
- All by Myself ... (Assistant Director)
- It Comes Up Love ... (Assistant Director)
- Confessions of a Vice Baron ... (Director)
1942
- Bombay Clipper ... (Assistant Director)
1941
- South of Panama ... (Associate Producer)
1940
- Mad Youth ... (Director)
- Souls in Pawn ... (Director)
1938
- Slander House ... (Associate Producer)
1937
- Smashing the Vice Trust ... (Director)
1936
- Tango ... (Assistant Director)
- Below the Deadline ... (Assistant Director)
- Murder at Glen Athol ... (Assistant Director)
- The Dark Hour ... (Assistant Director)
- The Bridge of Sighs ... (Assistant Director)
- It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did) ... (Assistant Director)
1935
- False Pretenses ... (Assistant Director)
- A Shot in the Dark ... (Assistant Director)
- Condemned to Live ... (Assistant Director)
- The Girl Who Came Back ... (Assistant Director)
- Death from a Distance ... (Assistant Director)
- Circumstantial Evidence ... (Assistant Director)
- Gun Smoke ... (Assistant Director)
- Happiness C.O.D. ... (Assistant Director)
- Symphony of Living ... (Assistant Director)
- The Lady in Scarlet ... (Assistant Director)
1934
- City Park ... (Assistant Director)
- The Ghost Walks ... (Assistant Director)
- Stolen Sweets ... (Assistant Director)
- The Road to Ruin ... (Director)
- Sons of Steel ... (Assistant Director)
- The Murder in the Museum ... (Director)
- The Man from Hell ... (Screenplay)
- Green Eyes ... (Assistant Director)
- In Love with Life ... (Assistant Director)
- Fugitive Road ... (Assistant Director)
- Fifteen Wives ... (Assistant Director)
- Port of Lost Dreams ... (Assistant Director)
1933
- Forgotten ... (Assistant Director)
- In the Money ... (Assistant Director)
- Murder on the Campus ... (Assistant Director)
- Notorious But Nice ... (Assistant Director)
- A Man of Sentiment ... (Assistant Director)
- Twin Husbands ... (Assistant Director)
- By Appointment Only ... (Assistant Director)
- Sucker Money ... (Director)
- Dance, Girl, Dance ... (Assistant Director)
- I Have Lived ... (Assistant Director)
1932
- The King Murder ... (Assistant Director)
- The Wyoming Whirlwind ... (Assistant Director)
- The Secrets of Wu Sin ... (Assistant Director)
- The Midnight Lady ... (Assistant Director)
- Cross-Examination ... (Assistant Director)
- The Drifter ... (Second Unit)
- Probation ... (Assistant Director)
- Women Won't Tell ... (Assistant Director)
- A Scarlet Week-End ... (Assistant Director)
1931
- The Hurricane Horseman ... (Assistant Director)
- Grief Street ... (Assistant Director)
- The Lady from Nowhere ... (Assistant Director)
1930
- Ladies in Love ... (Assistant Director)
- Today ... (Assistant Director)