Lesley Selander
Directing

Lesley Selander

Born 1900-05-26 · Los Angeles, California, USA · Died 1979-12-05

From Wikipedia. Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and science fiction movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936). To this day, Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. In 1956, he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of Lassie.

Known for

A Night at the Opera★ 7.4
A Night at the Opera
1935
Belle Starr's Daughter★ 2.7
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
The Thin Man★ 7.5
The Thin Man
1934
Fury★ 7.6
Fury
1936
Pride of the West
Pride of the West
1938
Flight To Mars★ 5.3
Flight To Mars
1951
Manhattan Melodrama★ 6.9
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
Saddle Legion★ 6.3
Saddle Legion
1951
Tall Man Riding★ 5.5
Tall Man Riding
1955
Fort Yuma★ 4.9
Fort Yuma
1955
Shotgun★ 5.1
Shotgun
1955
Panhandle★ 5.8
Panhandle
1948
Light of Western Stars★ 4
Light of Western Stars
1940
War Paint★ 5.5
War Paint
1953
Wide Open Town
Wide Open Town
1941
Trail of Kit Carson
Trail of Kit Carson
1945
Firebrands of Arizona★ 6
Firebrands of Arizona
1944
Desert Sands★ 4.2
Desert Sands
1955
Last Frontier Uprising
Last Frontier Uprising
1947
Heritage of the Desert★ 5.8
Heritage of the Desert
1939
Arrow In The Dust★ 5.6
Arrow In The Dust
1954
Fort Courageous★ 5.1
Fort Courageous
1965
I Was an American Spy★ 6.2
I Was an American Spy
1951
Durand of the Bad Lands
Durand of the Bad Lands
1925
Arizona Bushwhackers★ 2.8
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
Doomed Caravan★ 3
Doomed Caravan
1941
Forty Thieves★ 3
Forty Thieves
1944
Revolt at Fort Laramie★ 6.5
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957
Quincannon, Frontier Scout★ 4.1
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956
Tomahawk Trail★ 5.6
Tomahawk Trail
1957
Fort Utah★ 3.6
Fort Utah
1967
Partners of the Plains
Partners of the Plains
1938
Three Men from Texas★ 6.3
Three Men from Texas
1940
Bar 20★ 3.8
Bar 20
1943
Colt Comrades★ 5.5
Colt Comrades
1943
The Texican★ 5.5
The Texican
1966
Fort Osage★ 6
Fort Osage
1952
The Frontiersmen★ 5
The Frontiersmen
1938
Strike It Rich
Strike It Rich
1948
Town Tamer★ 6.6
Town Tamer
1965