Paul Wendkos

Paul Wendkos

Known for

Directing

Born

September 20, 1925

Birthplace

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

November 12, 2009 (aged 84)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1922; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 12, 2009; Malibu, California) was an American television and film director.

Following wartime service in the US Navy and attending Columbia University on the GI Bill Wendkos made his first feature, a documentary on a school for the blind called Dark Interlude in 1953.

Wendkos's first feature film was The Burglar . Wendkos's fluid camera technique caught the attention of the head of Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn who not only wished to distribute the film, but put Wendkos on a contract.

A variety of films followed for Columbia beginning with the hard-hitting crime drama The C...

Best known work

Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
1969
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
The Mephisto Waltz
The Mephisto Waltz
1971
The Invaders
The Invaders
1967
Gidget
Gidget
1959
The Burglar
The Burglar
1957
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed
1985
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
1965
Face of a Fugitive
Face of a Fugitive
1959

Filmography

  1. 2026

    A Man of Potential: Visions of Paul Wendkos, the Godard of Gidget

    as Self

  2. 1999

    Different

    Director

  3. 1998

  4. 1998

  5. 1997

  6. 1993

  7. 1993

  8. 1992

  9. 1991

  10. 1991

  11. 1991

    The Chase

    Director, Producer

  12. 1990

  13. 1990

    Blind FaithTV

    Director, Creator

  14. 1989

    Cross of FireTV

    Director

  15. 1989

  16. 1988

  17. 1988

  18. 1988

  19. 1987

    Right to Die

    Director

  20. 1987

  21. 1987

  22. 1987

  23. 1986

  24. 1986

  25. 1985

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