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

1963

The Outer Limits ... (Director)
Captain Sindbad ... (Director)

1961

Armored Command ... (Director)

1960

September Storm ... (Director)

1959

World of Giants ... (Director)
Jet Over The Atlantic ... (Director)
The Little Savage ... (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)
His Majesty O'Keefe ... (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)
Passage to Marseille ... (Special Effects)

1942

In This Our Life ... (Special Effects)
Across the Pacific ... (Special Effects)
Captains of the Clouds ... (Special Effects)
Always in My Heart ... (Special Effects)
Bullet Scars ... (Special Effects)
Wings for the Eagle ... (Special Effects)

1941

The Sea Wolf ... (Special Effects)
Dive Bomber ... (Special Effects)
The Great Lie ... (Special Effects)
The Wagons Roll at Night ... (Special Effects)
Manpower ... (Special Effects)

1940

The Sea Hawk ... (Special Effects)
Santa Fe Trail ... (Special Effects)
City for Conquest ... (Special Effects)
They Drive by Night ... (Special Effects)
Knute Rockne All American ... (Special Effects)
Virginia City ... (Special Effects)
It All Came True ... (Special Effects)
Castle on the Hudson ... (Special Effects)
Torrid Zone ... (Special Effects)
Gambling on the High Seas ... (Other)
South of Suez ... (Special Effects)
Flowing Gold ... (Special Effects)

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

I Married a Doctor ... (Director of Photography)
Stage Struck ... (Director of Photography)
Colleen ... (Director of Photography)

1935

A Midsummer Night's Dream ... (Special Effects)
Black Fury ... (Director of Photography)
Personal Maid's Secret ... (Director of Photography)

1934

As the Earth Turns ... (Cinematography)

1931

The Guilty Generation ... (Director of Photography)

1930

On Approval ... (Technical Supervisor)
Rookery Nook ... (Production Supervisor)
Canaries Sometimes Sing ... (Technical Supervisor)

1929

Black Waters ... (Supervising Producer)
The Redeeming Sin ... (Cinematography)
Glad Rag Doll ... (Director of Photography)

1928

Caught in the Fog ... (Cinematography)
The Singing Fool ... (Director of Photography)
On Trial ... (Director of Photography)

1927

When a Man Loves ... (Director of Photography)
Irish Hearts ... (Director)
Wolf's Clothing ... (Cinematography)
Ginsberg the Great ... (Director)
Matinee Ladies ... (Director)
The Siren ... (Director)

1926

Don Juan ... (Director of Photography)
The Sea Beast ... (Director of Photography)
Across the Pacific ... (Director of Photography)

1925

The Golden Cocoon ... (Director of Photography)
On Thin Ice ... (Cinematography)
Where the Worst Begins ... (Cinematography)

1923

Slander the Woman ... (Director of Photography)

1922

Broken Chains ... (Director of Photography)