Alvin Ganzer

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-08-27 (98 years old)

Deathday

2009-01-03

Place of Birth

Cold Spring, Minnesota, United States

Alvin Ganzer

Biography

Alvin Ganzer was an American film and television director whose career spanned several decades. He began his career at Paramount Pictures in 1932, working in the casting department before transitioning to roles as an assistant and second unit director on numerous feature films from 1934 through 1954. Ganzer's first directorial feature film credit was for The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953), stepping in after the original director fell ill. From 1954 to 1979, he directed episodes for various television series, including The Twilight Zone, Route 66, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Lost in Space. His work contributed significantly to the developmen...

Production

1950

At War with the Army

as Second Unit

1956

1956

The Leather Saint

as Screenplay

1948

The Paleface

as Assistant Director

1949

Chicago Deadline

as Assistant Director

1954

Elephant Walk

as Second Unit Director

1952

My Son John

as Assistant Director

1943

Hostages

as Assistant Director

1956

Jazz Ball

as Producer

1958

1950

At War with the Army

as Assistant Director

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