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Byron Haskin

Byron Haskin

Personal Info

Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-04-22
Day of Death
1984-04-16 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon, USA

Byron Haskin

Biography

Byron Conrad Haskin was an American film and television director. He was born in Portland, Oregon.

He is remembered today for directing 1953's The War of the Worlds, one of many films where he teamed with producer George Pal. In his early career, he was a special effects artist, with a number of credits on Warner Bros. films, an asset when directing the killer ants film The Naked Jungle and the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Haskin also worked as a cinematographer and producer.

Known For

Acting

(1956)
Affair in Sumatra
as Self - Introduction

Crew

(1968)
The Power
Director
(1964)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Director
(1963)
Captain Sindbad
Director
(1961)
Armored Command
Director
(1960)
September Storm
Director
(1959)
Jet Over The Atlantic
Director
(1959)
The Little Savage
Director
(1958)
From the Earth to the Moon
Director
(1956)
The Boss
Director
(1956)
The First Texan
Director
(1956)
Affair in Sumatra
Director
(1955)
Conquest of Space
Director
(1954)
Long John Silver
Director
(1954)
The Naked Jungle
Director
(1954)
His Majesty O'Keefe
Director
(1953)
The War of the Worlds
Director
(1952)
Denver and Rio Grande
Director
(1951)
Tarzan's Peril
Director
(1951)
Warpath
Director
(1951)
Silver City
Director
(1950)
Treasure Island
Director
(1949)
Too Late for Tears
Director
(1948)
Man-Eater of Kumaon
Director
(1947)
I Walk Alone
Director
(1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace
Special Effects
(1942)
Bullet Scars
Special Effects
(1942)
Across the Pacific
Special Effects
(1942)
Captains of the Clouds
Special Effects
(1942)
Always in My Heart
Special Effects
(1942)
Wings for the Eagle
Special Effects
(1942)
In This Our Life
Special Effects
(1941)
The Sea Wolf
Special Effects
(1941)
Dive Bomber
Special Effects
(1941)
The Great Lie
Special Effects
(1941)
Manpower
Special Effects
(1941)
The Wagons Roll at Night
Special Effects
(1940)
The Sea Hawk
Special Effects
(1940)
Virginia City
Special Effects
(1940)
Torrid Zone
Special Effects
(1940)
City for Conquest
Special Effects
(1940)
It All Came True
Special Effects
(1940)
Gambling on the High Seas
Other
(1940)
They Drive by Night
Special Effects
(1940)
Flowing Gold
Special Effects
(1940)
Castle on the Hudson
Special Effects
(1940)
Knute Rockne All American
Special Effects
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
Special Effects
(1939)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Special Effects
(1939)
Dodge City
Special Effects
(1939)
Invisible Stripes
Special Effects
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
Special Effects
(1937)
Submarine D-1
Special Effects
(1937)
Green Light
Director of Photography
(1936)
Colleen
Director of Photography
(1936)
I Married a Doctor
Director of Photography
(1936)
Stage Struck
Director of Photography
(1935)
Black Fury
Director of Photography
(1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Special Effects
(1935)
Personal Maid's Secret
Director of Photography
(1934)
As the Earth Turns
Cinematography
(1931)
The Guilty Generation
Director of Photography
(1930)
Rookery Nook
Production Supervisor
(1930)
Canaries Sometimes Sing
Technical Supervisor
(1930)
On Approval
Technical Supervisor
(1929)
Glad Rag Doll
Director of Photography
(1929)
Black Waters
Supervising Producer
(1929)
The Redeeming Sin
Cinematography
(1928)
The Singing Fool
Director of Photography
(1928)
Caught in the Fog
Cinematography
(1927)
Irish Hearts
Director
(1927)
When a Man Loves
Director of Photography
(1927)
Ginsberg the Great
Director
(1926)
The Sea Beast
Director of Photography
(1926)
Don Juan
Director of Photography
(1926)
Across the Pacific
Director of Photography
(1925)
The Golden Cocoon
Director of Photography
(1925)
Where the Worst Begins
Cinematography
(1923)
Slander the Woman
Director of Photography
(1922)
Broken Chains
Director of Photography