Byron Haskin?
Byron Haskin
🎂 Apr 22, 1899 — 🕯️ Apr 16, 1984 (84 years)
Portland, Oregon, USA
Byron Conrad Haskin was an American film and television director. He was born in Portland, Oregon.
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Oscars
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Directed
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TV Directed
Movies
The War of the Worlds
1953
I Walk Alone
1947
Treasure Island
1950
The Power
1968
The First Texan
1956
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
1964
Warpath
1951
Too Late for Tears
1949
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
The Naked Jungle
1954
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
September Storm
1960
Silver City
1951
Conquest of Space
1955
Captain Sindbad
1963
Tarzan's Peril
1951
Armored Command
1961
The Boss
1956
Long John Silver
1954
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959
Man-Eater of Kumaon
1948
The Little Savage
1959
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Byron Haskin
1899-04-22 · Portland, Oregon, USA
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.