
Lewis Teague
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-03-08 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Lewis Teague
Biography
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).
Acting
(2023)
Enough Is Enough
as Self
(2023)
King on Screen
as Self
(2011)
American Grindhouse
as Himself
(2007)
(1976)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1975)
Death Race 2000
as Toreador (uncredited)
Crew
(2001)
The Triangle
Director
(2001)
Love and Treason
Director
(1997)
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
Director
(1995)
OP Center
Director
(1995)
Saved By The Light
Director
(1992)
T Bone N Weasel
Director
(1991)
Wedlock
Director
(1990)
Navy Seals
Director
(1989)
Shannon's Deal
Director
(1989)
Collision Course
Director
(1987)
Walk On The Wild Side
Editor
(1985)
The Jewel of the Nile
Director
(1985)
Cat's Eye
Director
(1983)
Cujo
Director
(1982)
Fighting Back
Director
(1980)
The Big Red One
Second Unit Director
(1980)
Alligator
Director
(1979)
The Lady in Red
Director, Editor
(1979)
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
Second Unit Director
(1977)
Thunder and Lightning
Second Unit Director
(1975)
Crazy Mama
Editor
(1975)
Death Race 2000
Associate Editor, Second Unit Director
(1974)
Dirty O'Neil
Director
(1974)
Cockfighter
Editor
(1974)
Summer Run
Editor
(1970)
Woodstock
Production Manager
(1970)
Bongo Wolf’s Revenge
Cinematography
(1964)
It's About This Carpenter
Director