Byron Haskin

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-04-22 (85 years old)

Deathday

1984-04-16

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. His career in television included directing six episodes of the original The Outer Limits, including two highly regarded episodes, "The Architects of ...

Acting

1956

Affair in Sumatra

as Self - Introduction

Production

1954

Long John Silver

as Director

1950

Treasure Island

as Director

1934

As the Earth Turns

as Cinematography

1955

1947

I Walk Alone

as Director

1949

1940

The Sea Hawk

as Special Effects

1963

Captain Sindbad

as Director

1956

The Boss

as Director

1954

The Naked Jungle

as Director

1941

The Sea Wolf

as Special Effects

1968

The Power

as Director

1951

Tarzan's Peril

as Director

1959

1935

Black Fury

as Director of Photography

1956

The First Texan

as Director

1954

1952

1927

Irish Hearts

as Director

1959

1960

September Storm

as Director

1929

Glad Rag Doll

as Director of Photography

1942

Bullet Scars

as Special Effects

1935

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Special Effects

1951

Warpath

as Director

1936

Colleen

as Director of Photography

1951

Silver City

as Director

1937

Submarine D-1

as Special Effects

1942

Across the Pacific

as Special Effects

1940

Virginia City

as Special Effects

1942

Captains of the Clouds

as Special Effects

1961

Armored Command

as Director

1941

Dive Bomber

as Special Effects

1941

The Great Lie

as Special Effects

1940

Torrid Zone

as Special Effects

1940

City for Conquest

as Special Effects

1942

Always in My Heart

as Special Effects

1948

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Special Effects

1926

The Sea Beast

as Director of Photography

1939

Dodge City

as Special Effects

1940

It All Came True

as Special Effects

1926

Don Juan

as Director of Photography

1927

When a Man Loves

as Director of Photography

1928

The Singing Fool

as Director of Photography

1941

Manpower

as Special Effects

1942

Wings for the Eagle

as Special Effects

1929

Black Waters

as Supervising Producer

1928

Caught in the Fog

as Cinematography

1929

The Redeeming Sin

as Cinematography

1930

Rookery Nook

as Production Supervisor

1936

I Married a Doctor

as Director of Photography

1927

1937

Green Light

as Director of Photography

1936

Stage Struck

as Director of Photography

1931

The Guilty Generation

as Director of Photography

1930

Canaries Sometimes Sing

as Technical Supervisor

1935

Personal Maid's Secret

as Director of Photography

1930

On Approval

as Technical Supervisor

1925

The Golden Cocoon

as Director of Photography

1922

Broken Chains

as Director of Photography

1940

They Drive by Night

as Special Effects

1926

Across the Pacific

as Director of Photography

1953

1941

The Wagons Roll at Night

as Special Effects

1939

Invisible Stripes

as Special Effects

1925

Where the Worst Begins

as Cinematography

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

as Special Effects

1940

Flowing Gold

as Special Effects

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as Special Effects

1940

Knute Rockne All American

as Special Effects

1956

1942

In This Our Life

as Special Effects

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Special Effects

1923

Slander the Woman

as Director of Photography

1927

The Siren

as Director

1927

Wolf's Clothing

as Cinematography

1927

Matinee Ladies

as Director

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