David Greene
Born: 1921-02-22 in Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [now UK]
Died: 2003-04-07
Known For: Directing
Biography
L. David Syms-Greene (February 22, 1921 – April 7, 2003), born Lucius David Syms Brian Lederman, was a British television director from Manchester, England, who emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1953, where he trained in television production with the CBC, and then moved on to Hollywood, California. Greene's career began as a stage actor and director in England in 1948. In 1950 he appeared in the film, The Wooden Horse. In Hollywood, Greene became best known for his television series and television film productions. He died aged 82 on April 7, 2003 of pancreatic cancer, in Ojai, California.
Filmography
2002
- Remembering Roots as Self
1998
- The Girl Next Door ... (Director)
1997
- Bella Mafia ... (Director)
- Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II ... (Director)
1996
- A Season in Purgatory ... (Director)
- A Season in Purgatory ... (Director)
- Princess in Love ... (Director)
1995
- Children of the Dust ... (Director)
1994
- Spoils of War ... (Director)
- Frostfire ... (Director)
- Beyond Obsession ... (Director)
1992
- Honor Thy Mother ... (Director)
- Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story ... (Director)
1991
- In a Stranger's Hand ... (Director)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ... (Director)
- Night of the Hunter ... (Director)
1990
- In the Best Interest of the Child ... (Director)
1989
- Small Sacrifices ... (Director)
- Snake Treaty ... (Director)
- Small Sacrifices ... (Director)
- The Penthouse ... (Director)
1988
- Inherit the Wind ... (Director)
- Liberace: Behind the Music ... (Director)
1987
- After the Promise ... (Director)
- The Betty Ford Story ... (Director)
1986
- Vanishing Act ... (Director)
- Miles to Go… ... (Director)
- Triplecross ... (Director)
- Circle of Violence: A Family Drama ... (Director)
1985
- Guilty Conscience ... (Director)
- This Child Is Mine ... (Director)
1984
- The Act ... (Producer)
- Sweet Revenge ... (Director)
- Fatal Vision ... (Director)
- The Guardian ... (Director)
1983
- Prototype ... (Director)
- A Marriage ... (Producer)
- Ghost Dancing ... (Director)
1982
- World War III ... (Director)
- Rehearsal for Murder ... (Director)
- Take Your Best Shot ... (Director)
1981
- Hard Country ... (Director)
- The Choice ... (Executive Producer)
- Television: The Enchanted Mirror as Self
1980
- Friendly Fire ... (Director)
- Below the Belt ... (Assistant Camera)
1979
- A Vacation in Hell ... (Director)
1978
- F.I.S.T. as Senator
- Gray Lady Down ... (Director)
1977
- Roots ... (Director)
- The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald ... (Director)
- Lucan ... (Producer)
1976
- Rich Man, Poor Man ... (Director)
1975
- Ellery Queen ... (Director)
- The Count of Monte-Cristo ... (Director)
- Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects ... (Director)
1974
- London Conspiracy ... (Director)
1973
- Godspell ... (Director)
1972
- Madame Sin ... (Director)
1971
- The Persuaders! ... (Director)
1970
- The People Next Door ... (Director)
- I Start Counting ... (Director)
1968
- Sebastian ... (Director)
- The Strange Affair ... (Director)
1967
- Coronet Blue ... (Director)
- The Shuttered Room ... (Director)
1966
- CBS Playhouse ... (Director)
- Shane ... (Director)
1965
- For the People ... (Director)
1963
- Espionage ... (Director)
1962
- The Saint ... (Director)
- Man of the World ... (Director)
1961
- The Defenders ... (Director)
- Drama 61-67 ... (Director)
- Sir Francis Drake ... (Director)
1960
- The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries ... (Director)
- Armchair Mystery Theatre ... (Director)
- The Cupboard ... (Director)
1959
- The Twilight Zone ... (Director)
- Five Fingers ... (Director)
1958
- Shirley Temple's Storybook ... (Director)
- Pursuit ... (Director)
1957
- Suspicion ... (Director)
- Twelfth Night ... (Director)
1956
- Armchair Theatre ... (Director)
- Flight Into Danger ... (Director)
1953
- General Electric Theater ... (Director)
1952
- Omnibus ... (Director)
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame ... (Director)
- The Dark Light as Johnny
1950
- The Wooden Horse as Nick Bennett
- Let's Have a Murder as Professor Ralph Witkoff
1949
- The Golden Madonna as Johnny Lester
1948
- Studio One ... (Director)
- The Small Voice as Jim
- Daughter of Darkness as David Price