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 New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ... (Director)
- The Power ... (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
- World of Giants ... (Director)
- The Little Savage ... (Director)
- Jet Over The Atlantic ... (Director)
1958
- From the Earth to the Moon ... (Director)
1957
- Alcoa Theatre ... (Director)
- The Adventures of Long John Silver ... (Director)
1956
- The First Texan ... (Director)
- Affair in Sumatra as Self - Introduction
- The Boss ... (Director)
1955
- Screen Director's Playhouse ... (Director)
- Conquest of Space ... (Director)
1954
- Studio 57 ... (Director)
- The Wonderful World of Disney ... (Director)
- The Naked Jungle ... (Director)
- Long John Silver ... (Director)
- His Majesty O'Keefe ... (Director)
1953
- The War of the Worlds ... (Director)
1952
- Denver and Rio Grande ... (Director)
1951
- Warpath ... (Director)
- Tarzan's Peril ... (Director)
- Silver City ... (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)
- Captains of the Clouds ... (Special Effects)
- In This Our Life ... (Special Effects)
- Across the Pacific ... (Special Effects)
- Always in My Heart ... (Special Effects)
- Wings for the Eagle ... (Special Effects)
1941
- Manpower ... (Special Effects)
- The Sea Wolf ... (Special Effects)
- The Great Lie ... (Special Effects)
- The Wagons Roll at Night ... (Special Effects)
- Dive Bomber ... (Special Effects)
1940
- The Sea Hawk ... (Special Effects)
- Santa Fe Trail ... (Special Effects)
- They Drive by Night ... (Special Effects)
- City for Conquest ... (Special Effects)
- Virginia City ... (Special Effects)
- Knute Rockne All American ... (Special Effects)
- It All Came True ... (Special Effects)
- Torrid Zone ... (Special Effects)
- Castle on the Hudson ... (Special Effects)
- Flowing Gold ... (Special Effects)
- South of Suez ... (Special Effects)
- Gambling on the High Seas ... (Other)
1939
- Dodge City ... (Special Effects)
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex ... (Special Effects)
- Invisible Stripes ... (Special Effects)
- Dust Be My Destiny ... (Special Effects)
1937
- Submarine D-1 ... (Special Effects)
- Green Light ... (Director of Photography)
1936
- Colleen ... (Director of Photography)
- Stage Struck ... (Director of Photography)
- I Married a Doctor ... (Director of Photography)
1935
- A Midsummer Night's Dream ... (Special Effects)
- Personal Maid's Secret ... (Director of Photography)
- Black Fury ... (Director of Photography)
1934
- As the Earth Turns ... (Cinematography)
1931
- The Guilty Generation ... (Director of Photography)
1930
- Canaries Sometimes Sing ... (Technical Supervisor)
- On Approval ... (Technical Supervisor)
- Rookery Nook ... (Production Supervisor)
1929
- Glad Rag Doll ... (Director of Photography)
- The Redeeming Sin ... (Cinematography)
- Black Waters ... (Supervising Producer)
1928
- The Singing Fool ... (Director of Photography)
- Caught in the Fog ... (Cinematography)
- On Trial ... (Director of Photography)
1927
- When a Man Loves ... (Director of Photography)
- Irish Hearts ... (Director)
- Ginsberg the Great ... (Director)
- Wolf's Clothing ... (Cinematography)
- The Siren ... (Director)
- Matinee Ladies ... (Director)
1926
- Don Juan ... (Director of Photography)
- The Sea Beast ... (Director of Photography)
- Across the Pacific ... (Director of Photography)
1925
- Where the Worst Begins ... (Cinematography)
- On Thin Ice ... (Cinematography)
- The Golden Cocoon ... (Director of Photography)
1923
- Slander the Woman ... (Director of Photography)
1922
- Broken Chains ... (Director of Photography)