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Lewis Teague
Lewis Teague
88 years (Mar 8, 1938)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
9 Directed
6 TV Directed

Lewis Teague

Lewis Teague is an American director by trade known, when known at all, from the credit block. The career now covers more than 62 years. Anyone who knows the name knows it from 'The Jewel of the Nile'. 'Cujo' is the other project most often mentioned.
Lewis Teague is an American director by trade known, when known at all, from the credit block. The career now covers more than 62 years. Anyone who knows the name knows it from 'The Jewel of the Nile'. 'Cujo' is the other project most often mentioned.
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How old is Lewis Teague and where are they from?
Lewis Teague is 88 years old, born on March 8, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
What are the most famous roles of Lewis Teague?
Lewis Teague is best known for directing The Jewel of the Nile, Cujo, Cat's Eye.
How many movies has Lewis Teague directed?
Over a 62-year career (since 1964), Lewis Teague has directed or written 9 films and worked on 6 TV shows.
What was Lewis Teague's first movie?
The career of Lewis Teague began with It's About This Carpenter (1964).
What is Lewis Teague's most recent movie or series?
Lewis Teague's most recent release is The Triangle, which premiered on August 13, 2001.
What TV shows has Lewis Teague created or directed?
On television, Lewis Teague has appeared in Nash Bridges, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Profiler, Time Trax.
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Lewis Teague
Lewis Teague
1938-03-08 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Lewis Teague (born 8 March 1938 in Brooklyn, New York) is a film director, whose work includes Alligator, Cat's Eye, Cujo, The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!, Navy SEALs and The Triangle. He apprenticed with Sydney Pollack at Universal Television, and was a production manager on the rock concert documentary Woodstock (1970).

Teague found gainful employment working for Roger Corman throughout the 1970s: he handled second-unit director chores on Death Race 2000 (1975), Thunder and Lightning (1977) and Avalanche (1978) and served as an editor for Monte Hellman's Cockfighter (1974) and Jonathan Demme's Crazy Mama (1975). Teague was also second-unit director on Samuel Fuller's World War II movie, The Big Red One (1980).

Made his feature debut as the co-director of Dirty O'Neil (1974). He followed this with the Depression-era crime exploitation movie The Lady in Red (1979), which he also edited. The horror-creature feature Alligator (1980) and the urban vigilante film Fighting Back (1980) (TV) followed. Teague directed two Stephen King adaptations in the 1980s, Cujo (1983) and the anthology film Cat's Eye (1985). His other films include The Jewel of the Nile (1985), the action movie Navy Seals (1990), the science fiction offering Wedlock (1991) and the made-for-TV movie The Triangle (2001) (TV). In addition to his film work, Teague has directed episodes of such TV shows as "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1962), "Barnaby Jones" (1973), "Shannon's Deal" (1990), "Profiler" (1996) and "Nash Bridges" (1996). After a five-year absence from directing, Teague directed the dramatic short Cante Jondo (2007).

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