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Rod Amateau

Known for
The Dukes of Hazzard
Director
Gilligan's Island
Director
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Director
Lassie
Director
Rod Amateau has built a career as an American director whose decisions are visible on screen even when the name is not. The most visible credit is 'The Garbage Pail Kids Movie'. There are 33 projects on the record.
Rod Amateau has built a career as an American director whose decisions are visible on screen even when the name is not. The most visible credit is 'The Garbage Pail Kids Movie'. There are 33 projects on the record.
Known for
The Dukes of Hazzard
Director
Gilligan's Island
Director
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Director
Lassie
Director
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Sunset
Story
★ 5.7
1988
Film
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Director
★ 3.5
1987
Film
Stir Crazy
Director · 3 episodes
★ 6.5
1985–
TV
Lovelines
Director
★ 5.0
1984
Film
Enos
Director · 3 episodes
★ 7.2
1980–
TV
Supertrain
Director · 1 episode
★ 5.6
1979–
TV
The Dukes of Hazzard
Creator
★ 7.4
1979–
TV
Son of Hitler
Director
★ 5.8
1979
Film
The Seniors
Director
★ 4.6
1978
Film
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Rod Amateau
1923-12-20 · New York, New York, United States

Rodney "Rod" Amateau (December 20, 1923 – June 29, 2003) was an American screenwriter, film and television director.

Among programs that he directed were NBC's The Dennis Day Show, CBS's sitcoms The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, starring Dwayne Hickman, and The New Phil Silvers Show, an unsuccessful attempt by comedian Phil Silvers to return to a regular series.

Rod also directed a few episodes of the Dukes of Hazzards. He even appeared in a few of them.

He is perhaps most infamous for directing 1987's critically panned The Garbage Pail Kids Movie.Rod Amateau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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