W.S. Van Dyke
Born: 1889-03-21 in San Diego, California, USA
Died: 1943-02-05
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Woodbridge Strong "W. S." Van Dyke II (Woody) (March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director and writer who made several successful early sound films, including Tarzan the Ape Man in 1932, The Thin Man in 1934, San Francisco in 1936, and six popular musicals with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director for The Thin Man and San Francisco, and directed four actors to Oscar nominations: William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Norma Shearer, and Robert Morley. Known as a reliable craftsman who made his films on schedule and under budget, he earned the name "One Take Woody" for his quick and efficient style of filming.
Filmography
1942
- Cairo ... (Director)
- I Married an Angel ... (Director)
- Journey for Margaret ... (Director)
- Dr. Kildare's Victory ... (Director)
1941
- Rage in Heaven ... (Director)
- The Feminine Touch ... (Director)
- Shadow of the Thin Man ... (Director)
1940
- Bitter Sweet ... (Director)
- New Moon ... (Director)
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- I Love You Again ... (Director)
- I Take This Woman ... (Director)
1939
- Another Thin Man ... (Director)
- It's a Wonderful World ... (Director)
- Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever ... (Director)
- Stand Up and Fight ... (Director)
1938
- Marie Antoinette ... (Director)
- Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)
- Sweethearts ... (Director)
1937
- Personal Property ... (Director)
- Rosalie ... (Director)
- The Prisoner of Zenda ... (Co-Director)
- They Gave Him a Gun ... (Director)
1936
- Rose Marie ... (Director)
- San Francisco ... (Director)
- The Devil Is a Sissy ... (Director)
- Love on the Run ... (Director)
- His Brother's Wife ... (Director)
- After the Thin Man ... (Director)
1935
- Broadway Melody of 1936 ... (Co-Director)
- Naughty Marietta ... (Director)
- I Live My Life ... (Director)
1934
- Manhattan Melodrama ... (Director)
- The Thin Man ... (Director)
- Hide-Out ... (Producer)
- Forsaking All Others ... (Director)
- Laughing Boy ... (Director)
1933
- The Prizefighter and the Lady ... (Director)
- Penthouse ... (Director)
- Eskimo as Inspector White (uncredited)
1932
- Night Court ... (Director)
- Tarzan the Ape Man ... (Director)
1931
- Guilty Hands ... (Director)
- Trader Horn ... (Director)
- The Cuban Love Song ... (Director)
- Never the Twain Shall Meet ... (Director)
1929
- The Pagan ... (Director)
1928
- White Shadows in the South Seas ... (Director)
- Under the Black Eagle ... (Director)
- Wyoming ... (Director)
1927
- California ... (Director)
- The Eyes of the Totem ... (Director)
- Winners Of The Wilderness ... (Director)
- Foreign Devils ... (Director)
- Spoilers of the West ... (Director)
1926
- War Paint ... (Director)
- The Gentle Cyclone ... (Director)
1925
- Hearts and Spurs ... (Director)
- Barriers Burned Away ... (Director)
- The Trail Rider ... (Director)
- The Timber Wolf ... (Director)
- Ranger of the Big Pines ... (Director)
- The Desert's Price ... (Director)
1924
- Loving Lies ... (Director)
- Gold Heels ... (Director)
- Winner Take All ... (Director)
- The Beautiful Sinner ... (Director)
- The Battling Fool ... (Director)
1923
- The Little Girl Next Door ... (Director)
1922
- The Boss of Camp 4 ... (Director)
- Forget Me Not ... (Director)
- According to Hoyle ... (Director)
1921
- Double Adventure ... (Director)
- The Avenging Arrow ... (Director)
1920
- The Adventures of Daredevil Jack ... (Scenario Writer)
1919
- The Hawk's Trail ... (Director)
- The Forbidden Room ... (Story)
1918
- The Lady of the Dugout ... (Director)
1917
- On Trial ... (Director)
- Sadie Goes to Heaven ... (Director)
- Men of the Desert ... (Director)
- The Land of Long Shadows ... (Director)
1916
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Cana Wedding Guest
- Oliver Twist as Charles Dickens
- Orphan Joyce ... (Writer)
1915
- The Birth of a Nation ... (Assistant Director)