Byron Haskin
Born: 1899-04-22 in Portland, Oregon, USA
Died: 1984-04-16
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
1980
- Hollywood as Self
1968
- The Power ... (Director)
- The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ... (Director)
1966
- Star Trek ... (Producer)
- Tales to Keep You Awake ... (Director)
1964
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars ... (Director)
1963
- The Outer Limits ... (Director)
- Captain Sindbad ... (Director)
1961
- Armored Command ... (Director)
1960
- September Storm ... (Director)
1959
- The Little Savage ... (Director)
- Jet Over The Atlantic ... (Director)
- World of Giants ... (Director)
1958
- From the Earth to the Moon ... (Director)
1957
- Alcoa Theatre ... (Director)
- The Adventures of Long John Silver ... (Director)
1956
- The Boss ... (Director)
- The First Texan ... (Director)
- Affair in Sumatra as Self - Introduction
1955
- Screen Director's Playhouse ... (Director)
- Conquest of Space ... (Director)
1954
- Studio 57 ... (Director)
- His Majesty O'Keefe ... (Director)
- The Naked Jungle ... (Director)
- The Wonderful World of Disney ... (Director)
- Long John Silver ... (Director)
1953
- The War of the Worlds ... (Director)
1952
- Denver and Rio Grande ... (Director)
1951
- Warpath ... (Director)
- Silver City ... (Director)
- Tarzan's Peril ... (Director)
1950
- Treasure Island ... (Director)
1949
- Too Late for Tears ... (Director)
1948
- Man-Eater of Kumaon ... (Director)
1947
- I Walk Alone ... (Director)
1944
- Arsenic and Old Lace ... (Special Effects)
1942
- Bullet Scars ... (Special Effects)
- Across the Pacific ... (Special Effects)
- In This Our Life ... (Special Effects)
- Always in My Heart ... (Special Effects)
- Captains of the Clouds ... (Special Effects)
- Wings for the Eagle ... (Special Effects)
1941
- Dive Bomber ... (Special Effects)
- Manpower ... (Special Effects)
- The Great Lie ... (Special Effects)
- The Wagons Roll at Night ... (Special Effects)
- The Sea Wolf ... (Special Effects)
1940
- Torrid Zone ... (Special Effects)
- Virginia City ... (Special Effects)
- Flowing Gold ... (Special Effects)
- The Sea Hawk ... (Special Effects)
- It All Came True ... (Special Effects)
- They Drive by Night ... (Special Effects)
- Knute Rockne All American ... (Special Effects)
- City for Conquest ... (Special Effects)
- Gambling on the High Seas ... (Other)
- Santa Fe Trail ... (Special Effects)
- Castle on the Hudson ... (Special Effects)
1939
- Dodge City ... (Special Effects)
- Invisible Stripes ... (Special Effects)
- Dust Be My Destiny ... (Special Effects)
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex ... (Special Effects)
1937
- Green Light ... (Director of Photography)
- Submarine D-1 ... (Special Effects)
1936
- Stage Struck ... (Director of Photography)
- Colleen ... (Director of Photography)
- I Married a Doctor ... (Director of Photography)
1935
- Black Fury ... (Director of Photography)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream ... (Special Effects)
- Personal Maid's Secret ... (Director of Photography)
1934
- As the Earth Turns ... (Cinematography)
1931
- The Guilty Generation ... (Director of Photography)
1930
- Rookery Nook ... (Production Supervisor)
- On Approval ... (Technical Supervisor)
- Canaries Sometimes Sing ... (Technical Supervisor)
1929
- Black Waters ... (Supervising Producer)
- The Redeeming Sin ... (Cinematography)
- Glad Rag Doll ... (Director of Photography)
1928
- The Singing Fool ... (Director of Photography)
- Caught in the Fog ... (Cinematography)
1927
- Matinee Ladies ... (Director)
- When a Man Loves ... (Director of Photography)
- Ginsberg the Great ... (Director)
- The Siren ... (Director)
- Wolf's Clothing ... (Cinematography)
- Irish Hearts ... (Director)
1926
- The Sea Beast ... (Director of Photography)
- Don Juan ... (Director of Photography)
- Across the Pacific ... (Director of Photography)
1925
- On Thin Ice ... (Cinematography)
- The Golden Cocoon ... (Director of Photography)
- Where the Worst Begins ... (Cinematography)
1923
- Slander the Woman ... (Director of Photography)
1922
- Broken Chains ... (Director of Photography)