Melville Shyer

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

-

Birthday

1895-09-28 (73 years old)

Deathday

1968-09-14

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.

Production

1934

The Road to Ruin

as Director

1932

The Drifter

as Second Unit

1945

The Woman in Green

as Assistant Director

1933

Sucker Money

as Director

1935

The Girl Who Came Back

as Assistant Director

1931

Grief Street

as Assistant Director

1948

Smart Politics

as Assistant Director

1944

Gypsy Wildcat

as Assistant Director

1933

By Appointment Only

as Assistant Director

1933

I Have Lived

as Assistant Director

1933

Notorious But Nice

as Assistant Director

1934

Stolen Sweets

as Assistant Director

1933

Twin Husbands

as Assistant Director

1934

Fugitive Road

as Assistant Director

1933

Murder on the Campus

as Assistant Director

1933

In the Money

as Assistant Director

1933

Dance, Girl, Dance

as Assistant Director

1933

A Man of Sentiment

as Assistant Director

1934

City Park

as Assistant Director

1934

Sons of Steel

as Assistant Director

1935

Gun Smoke

as Assistant Director

1935

A Shot in the Dark

as Assistant Director

1935

Circumstantial Evidence

as Assistant Director

1934

Green Eyes

as Assistant Director

1934

The Ghost Walks

as Assistant Director

1934

Fifteen Wives

as Assistant Director

1935

Symphony of Living

as Assistant Director

1934

In Love with Life

as Assistant Director

1934

Port of Lost Dreams

as Assistant Director

1935

Condemned to Live

as Assistant Director

1935

Happiness C.O.D.

as Assistant Director

1936

The Bridge of Sighs

as Assistant Director

1936

The Dark Hour

as Assistant Director

1935

False Pretenses

as Assistant Director

1935

The Lady in Scarlet

as Assistant Director

1936

Tango

as Assistant Director

1935

Death from a Distance

as Assistant Director

1950

Cherokee Uprising

as Assistant Director

1943

It Comes Up Love

as Assistant Director

1930

Today

as Assistant Director

1930

Ladies in Love

as Assistant Director

1938

Slander House

as Associate Producer

1931

The Lady from Nowhere

as Assistant Director

1931

The Hurricane Horseman

as Assistant Director

1932

The Drifter

as Assistant Director

1932

The Midnight Lady

as Assistant Director

1932

The King Murder

as Assistant Director

1932

Probation

as Assistant Director

1932

Cross-Examination

as Assistant Director

1932

The Secrets of Wu Sin

as Assistant Director

1932

Women Won't Tell

as Assistant Director

1932

A Scarlet Week-End

as Assistant Director

1932

The Wyoming Whirlwind

as Assistant Director

1933

Forgotten

as Assistant Director

1948

Smart Woman

as Assistant Director

1949

Arson, Inc.

as Assistant Director

1940

Mad Youth

as Director

1943

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

as Assistant Director

1945

Scarlet Street

as Assistant Director

1950

Arizona Territory

as Assistant Director

1946

The Killers

as Assistant Director

1943

All by Myself

as Assistant Director

1951

Man from Sonora

as Assistant Director

1945

Gun Smoke

as Assistant Director

1948

Jungle Goddess

as Assistant Director

1952

Montana Incident

as Assistant Director

1942

Bombay Clipper

as Assistant Director

1940

Souls in Pawn

as Director

1936

Murder at Glen Athol

as Assistant Director

1957

Beginning of the End

as Assistant Director

1946

Terror by Night

as Assistant Director

1950

I Shot Billy the Kid

as Assistant Director

1936

Below the Deadline

as Assistant Director

1946

The Cat Creeps

as Assistant Director

1943

Captive Wild Woman

as Assistant Director

1955

The Night Holds Terror

as Assistant Director

1952

The Maverick

as Assistant Director

1951

The Longhorn

as Assistant Director

1943

Son of Dracula

as Assistant Director

1941

South of Panama

as Associate Producer

1944

Jungle Woman

as Assistant Director

1934

The Man from Hell

as Screenplay

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