Melville Shyer
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
-
Birthday
1895-09-28
Day of Death
1968-09-14 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Memphis - Tennessee - USA
Melville Shyer
Biography
From Wikipedia
Melville Jacob Shyer (September 28, 1895 – September 14,
1968) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer and one of
the founders of the Directors Guild of America. His career spanned over 50
years, during which he worked with Mack Sennett and D. W. Griffith.
Shyer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Hattie
(Schwarzenberg) and Charles Richard Shyer. His family was of German Jewish
background.
His son is writer and director Charles Shyer.
Known For
Crew
(1957)
Beginning of the End
Assistant Director
(1955)
The Night Holds Terror
Assistant Director
(1952)
Montana Incident
Assistant Director
(1952)
The Maverick
Assistant Director
(1951)
Man from Sonora
Assistant Director
(1951)
The Longhorn
Assistant Director
(1950)
Cherokee Uprising
Assistant Director
(1950)
Arizona Territory
Assistant Director
(1950)
I Shot Billy the Kid
Assistant Director
(1949)
Arson, Inc.
Assistant Director
(1948)
Smart Politics
Assistant Director
(1948)
Smart Woman
Assistant Director
(1948)
Jungle Goddess
Assistant Director
(1946)
The Killers
Assistant Director
(1946)
Terror by Night
Assistant Director
(1946)
The Cat Creeps
Assistant Director
(1945)
The Woman in Green
Assistant Director
(1945)
Scarlet Street
Assistant Director
(1945)
Gun Smoke
Assistant Director
(1944)
Gypsy Wildcat
Assistant Director
(1944)
Jungle Woman
Assistant Director
(1943)
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Director
(1943)
It Comes Up Love
Assistant Director
(1943)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Assistant Director
(1943)
All by Myself
Assistant Director
(1943)
Captive Wild Woman
Assistant Director
(1943)
Son of Dracula
Assistant Director
(1942)
Bombay Clipper
Assistant Director
(1941)
South of Panama
Associate Producer
(1940)
Mad Youth
Director
(1940)
Souls in Pawn
Director
(1938)
Slander House
Associate Producer
(1937)
Smashing the Vice Trust
Director
(1936)
The Bridge of Sighs
Assistant Director
(1936)
The Dark Hour
Assistant Director
(1936)
Tango
Assistant Director
(1936)
Murder at Glen Athol
Assistant Director
(1936)
Below the Deadline
Assistant Director
(1936)
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
Assistant Director
(1935)
The Girl Who Came Back
Assistant Director
(1935)
Gun Smoke
Assistant Director
(1935)
A Shot in the Dark
Assistant Director
(1935)
Circumstantial Evidence
Assistant Director
(1935)
Symphony of Living
Assistant Director
(1935)
Condemned to Live
Assistant Director
(1935)
Happiness C.O.D.
Assistant Director
(1935)
False Pretenses
Assistant Director
(1935)
The Lady in Scarlet
Assistant Director
(1935)
Death from a Distance
Assistant Director
(1934)
The Road to Ruin
Director
(1934)
The Murder in the Museum
Director
(1934)
Stolen Sweets
Assistant Director
(1934)
Fugitive Road
Assistant Director
(1934)
City Park
Assistant Director
(1934)
Sons of Steel
Assistant Director
(1934)
Green Eyes
Assistant Director
(1934)
The Ghost Walks
Assistant Director
(1934)
Fifteen Wives
Assistant Director
(1934)
In Love with Life
Assistant Director
(1934)
Port of Lost Dreams
Assistant Director
(1934)
The Man from Hell
Screenplay
(1933)
Sucker Money
Director
(1933)
By Appointment Only
Assistant Director
(1933)
I Have Lived
Assistant Director
(1933)
Notorious But Nice
Assistant Director
(1933)
Twin Husbands
Assistant Director
(1933)
Murder on the Campus
Assistant Director
(1933)
In the Money
Assistant Director
(1933)
Dance, Girl, Dance
Assistant Director
(1933)
A Man of Sentiment
Assistant Director
(1933)
Forgotten
Assistant Director
(1932)
The Drifter
Second Unit, Assistant Director
(1932)
The Midnight Lady
Assistant Director
(1932)
The King Murder
Assistant Director
(1932)
Probation
Assistant Director
(1932)
Cross-Examination
Assistant Director
(1932)
The Secrets of Wu Sin
Assistant Director
(1932)
Women Won't Tell
Assistant Director
(1932)
A Scarlet Week-End
Assistant Director
(1932)
The Wyoming Whirlwind
Assistant Director
(1931)
Grief Street
Assistant Director
(1931)
The Lady from Nowhere
Assistant Director
(1931)
The Hurricane Horseman
Assistant Director
(1930)
Today
Assistant Director
(1930)
Ladies in Love
Assistant Director