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Bekannt für: Regie
Auftritte (Filme): 0
Geschlecht: Männlich
Geboren am: 2. Januar 1901
Gestorben am: 16. Dezember 1962 (61 Jahre)
Geboren in: New York City, New York, USA
Auch bekannt als: Louis Friedlander Louis Friendlander

Lew Landers

Biografie

Lew Landers (geboren als Louis Friedlander) war ein US-amerikanischer Independent-Film- und Fernsehregisseur.

Landers begann seine Filmkarriere als Schauspieler. 1914 wirkte er unter seinem Geburtsnamen in zwei Spielfilmen mit: D.W. Griffiths Drama „The Escape“ und dem Kurzfilm „Admission – Two Pins“. 1922 wurde er Regieassistent bei Universal Pictures. In den 1930er-Jahren begann er selbst Filme zu drehen. Zu seinen frühen Werken zählt der Thriller „The Raven“ (1935) mit Boris Karloff und Bela Lugosi. Nach einigen weiteren Spielfilmen änderte er seinen Namen in Lew Landers und inszenierte über 100 Filme verschiedenster Genres, darunter Western, Komödien und Horrorfilme. Er arbeitete im Laufe seiner Karriere für alle großen und viele kleinere Filmstudios. Ab 1943 wechselte er seine Filmarbeit mit der Regie von Fernsehserien ab, darunter zwei Folgen von „Adventures of Superman“ und die schräge Serie „Captain John Smith and Pocahontas“.

Am 16. Dezember 1962 starb Landers in Palm Desert, Kalifornien, an einem Herzinfarkt.

Der Schauspieler Jim McKrell verkörperte den Fernsehreporter Lew Landers in zwei Filmen von Joe Dante: „Das Tier“ (1981) und „Gremlins“ (1984).

Filmografie

Regie

1963

Terrifiedals Director

1958

Schnelle Jungs und kesse Mädchenals Director

1956

Der Turm des Todesals Director Savage Furyals Director

1954

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girlals Director

1953

Man in the Darkals Director Run for the Hillsals Director Captain John Smith and Pocahontasals Director Teufelskerle des Ozeansals Director Tangier Incidentals Director

1952

Kalifornien in Flammenals Director Schrei aus dem Dschungelals Director Arctic Flightals Director Aladdin and His Lampals Director

1951

Der rote Falke von Bagdadals Director Jungle Manhuntals Director The Big Gusherals Director A Yank in Koreaals Director Hurricane Islandals Director 1754 - Die Delaware Indianer zwischen den Frontenals Director The Bogus Greenals Director Blue Bloodals Director

1950

Auf dem Kriegspfadals Director Chain Gangals Director Der letzte Freibeuterals Director Dynamite Passals Director State Penitentiaryals Director Revenue Agentals Director Girls' Schoolals Director Beauty on Paradeals Director Tyrant of the Seaals Director

1949

Stagecoach Kidals Director Air Hostessals Director Law of the Barbary Coastals Director Barbary Pirateals Director

1948

Adventures of Gallant Bessals Director Reise ins Verderbenals Director My Dog Rustyals Director

1947

The Son of Rustyals Director Thunder Mountainals Director Under the Tonto Rimals Director Danger Streetals Director Seven Keys to Baldpateals Director Dog Crazyals Director Doctor Jimals Director Devil Shipals Director

1946

The Mask of Diijonals Director A Close Call for Boston Blackieals Director The Truth About Murderals Director Tokyo Roseals Director Death Valleyals Director Hot Cargoals Director

1945

Crime, Inc.als Director Die Macht des Whistlerals Director The Enchanted Forestals Director Follow That Womanals Director Arson Squadals Director Shadow Of Terrorals Director Trouble Chasersals Director Secrets of a Sorority Girlals Director The Windjammerals Director

1944

The Black Parachuteals Director Two-Man Submarineals Director I'm from Arkansasals Director Swing in the Saddleals Director U-Boat Prisonerals Director The Ghost That Walks Aloneals Director Cowboy Canteenals Director Stars on Paradeals Director Black Arrowals Director

1943

Die Rückkehr des Vampirsals Director After Midnight with Boston Blackieals Director Power of the Pressals Director Murder in Times Squareals Director Doughboys in Irelandals Director The Deerslayerals Director Redhead from Manhattanals Director

1942

The Boogie Man Will Get Youals Director Alias Boston Blackieals Director Junior Armyals Director Atlantic Convoyals Director Submarine Raiderals Director Canal Zoneals Director Stand By All Networksals Director Not a Ladies' Manals Director The Man Who Returned to Lifeals Director Smith of Minnesotaals Director Sabotage Squadals Director Cadets on Paradeals Director

1941

Back in the Saddleals Director Ridin' on a Rainbowals Director Lucky Devilsals Director The Singing Hillals Director Mystery Shipals Director Harvard Here I Comeals Director The Stork Pays Offals Director I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Islandals Director

1940

Ski Patrolals Director Slightly Temptedals Director Girl from Havanaals Director Wagons Westwardals Director Sing, Dance, Plenty Hotals Director La Conga Nightsals Director Enemy Agentals Director Honeymoon Deferredals Director

1939

Twelve Crowded Hoursals Director Fixer Duganals Director Bad Landsals Director The Girl and the Gamblerals Director Conspiracyals Director Pacific Linerals Director

1938

Annabel Takes a Tourals Director Sky Giantals Director Blind Alibials Director Double Dangerals Director Crashing Hollywoodals Director Smashing the Racketsals Director Law of the Underworldals Director Condemned Womenals Director

1937

Flight from Gloryals Director Border Cafeals Director The Man Who Found Himselfals Director They Wanted to Marryals Director Danger Patrolals Director Living on Loveals Director You Can't Buy Luckals Director

1936

The Adventures of Frank Merriwellals Director Night Waitressals Director Without Ordersals Director Parole!als Director

1935

The Call of the Savageals Director Der Rabeals Director Stormyals Director Rustlers of Red Dogals Director

1934

The Vanishing Shadowals Director Tailspin Tommyals Director The Red Riderals Director

Drehbuch

1945

Follow That Womanals Writer