Rod Amateau
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-12-20 (80 years old)
Deathday
2003-06-29
Place of Birth
New York, New York, United States
Also known As
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Rod Amateau
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rodney "Rod" Amateau (December 20, 1923 – June 29, 2003) was an American screenwriter, film and television director. Among programs that he directed were NBC's The Dennis Day Show, CBS's sitcoms The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, starring Dwayne Hickman, and The New Phil Silvers Show, an unsuccessful attempt by comedian Phil Silvers to return to a regular series. Rod also directed a few episodes of the Dukes of Hazzards. He even appeared in a few of them. He is perhaps most infamous for directing 1987's critically panned The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rod Amat...
Acting
1982
as Sweeper Operator
Production
1975
as Screenplay
1987
as Director
1987
as Author
1983
as Director
1988
as Story
1978
as Director
1979
as Director
1976
as Director
1972
as Novel
1972
as Director
1972
as Producer
1970
as Director
1970
as Writer
1955
as Stunt Double
1981
as Stunt Driver
1971
as Director
1984
as Director
1983
as Director
1951
as Director
1951
as Screenplay
1982
as Writer
1982
as Director
1947
as Stunts
1969
as Screenplay
1969
as Story
1950
as Other
1989
as Producer
1952
as Director
1950
as Dialogue Coach
1987
as Producer
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as Director
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as Director
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