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
1976
- That's Entertainment, Part II ... (Thanks)
1942
- Dr. Kildare's Victory ... (Director)
- I Married an Angel ... (Director)
- Cairo ... (Director)
- Journey for Margaret ... (Director)
1941
- Shadow of the Thin Man ... (Director)
- Rage in Heaven ... (Director)
- The Feminine Touch ... (Director)
1940
- I Love You Again ... (Director)
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- I Take This Woman ... (Director)
- Bitter Sweet ... (Director)
1939
- It's a Wonderful World ... (Director)
- Another Thin Man ... (Director)
- Stand Up and Fight ... (Director)
- Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever ... (Director)
1938
- Marie Antoinette ... (Director)
- Sweethearts ... (Director)
- Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)
1937
- Rosalie ... (Director)
- The Prisoner of Zenda ... (Co-Director)
- They Gave Him a Gun ... (Director)
- Personal Property ... (Director)
1936
- San Francisco ... (Director)
- After the Thin Man ... (Director)
- Rose Marie ... (Director)
- The Devil Is a Sissy ... (Director)
- His Brother's Wife ... (Director)
- Love on the Run ... (Director)
1935
- Naughty Marietta ... (Director)
- I Live My Life ... (Director)
- Broadway Melody of 1936 ... (Co-Director)
1934
- The Thin Man ... (Director)
- Manhattan Melodrama ... (Director)
- Forsaking All Others ... (Director)
- Hide-Out ... (Producer)
- Laughing Boy ... (Director)
1933
- Eskimo as Inspector White (uncredited)
- Penthouse ... (Director)
- The Prizefighter and the Lady ... (Director)
1932
- Tarzan the Ape Man ... (Director)
- Night Court ... (Director)
1931
- Trader Horn ... (Director)
- Guilty Hands ... (Director)
- Never the Twain Shall Meet ... (Director)
- The Cuban Love Song ... (Director)
1929
- The Pagan ... (Director)
1928
- White Shadows in the South Seas ... (Director)
- Under the Black Eagle ... (Director)
- The Adventurer ... (Director)
- Wyoming ... (Director)
1927
- California ... (Director)
- Spoilers of the West ... (Director)
- Winners of the Wilderness ... (Director)
- The Heart of the Yukon ... (Director)
- Foreign Devils ... (Director)
- The Eyes of the Totem ... (Director)
1926
- The Gentle Cyclone ... (Director)
- War Paint ... (Director)
1925
- Hearts and Spurs ... (Director)
- The Trail Rider ... (Director)
- Barriers Burned Away ... (Director)
- The Desert's Price ... (Director)
- The Timber Wolf ... (Director)
- Ranger of the Big Pines ... (Director)
1924
- Gold Heels ... (Director)
- Half-a-Dollar Bill ... (Director)
- Winner Take All ... (Director)
- Loving Lies ... (Director)
- The Battling Fool ... (Director)
- The Beautiful Sinner ... (Director)
1923
- The Miracle Makers ... (Director)
- Ruth of the Range ... (Director)
- The Destroying Angel ... (Director)
- The Little Girl Next Door ... (Director)
1922
- White Eagle ... (Director)
- According to Hoyle ... (Director)
- Forget Me Not ... (Director)
- The Boss of Camp 4 ... (Director)
1921
- The Avenging Arrow ... (Director)
- Double Adventure ... (Director)
1920
- The Adventures of Daredevil Jack ... (Scenario Writer)
1919
- The Forbidden Room ... (Story)
- The Hawk's Trail ... (Director)
1918
- The Lady of the Dugout ... (Director)
1917
- Open Places ... (Director)
- Gift o' Gab ... (Director)
- Sadie Goes to Heaven ... (Director)
- Men of the Desert ... (Director)
- On Trial ... (Director)
- The Land of Long Shadows ... (Writer)
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)
- A Daughter of the City ... (Writer)