Nick Grindé

Nick Grindé

Known for

Directing

Born

January 12, 1893

Birthplace

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Died

June 19, 1979 (aged 86)

Biography

Nick Grindé was an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 57 films between 1928 and 1945. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Grindé graduated from the University of Wisconsin. He became a Hollywood film writer and director in the late 1920s, and was often assigned to familiarize Broadway stage directors with the techniques of film making. As a director, he is considered one of American cinema's early B film specialists. Throughout his career, Grindé was a popular writer of short stories, articles and columns usually about show business and film making in early Hollywood. In the mid 1930s, he had been married to actress Marie Wilson. Later, he married Korean-American actress Hazel Shon...

Best known work

Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland
1934
The Divorcee
The Divorcee
1930
The Man They Could Not Hang
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
Before I Hang
Before I Hang
1940
The Man with Nine Lives
The Man with Nine Lives
1940
How to Sleep
How to Sleep
1935
The Bishop Murder Case
The Bishop Murder Case
1929
Menu
Menu
1933
Shopworn
Shopworn
1932
Hitler- Dead or Alive
Hitler- Dead or Alive
1942

Filmography

  1. 1946

    Injun Talk

    Director

  2. 1945

  3. 1943

  4. 1942

  5. 1942

  6. 1941

  7. 1940

  8. 1940

  9. 1940

  10. 1940

  11. 1940

  12. 1940

  13. 1939

  14. 1939

  15. 1939

  16. 1939

  17. 1939

    Sudden Money

    Director

  18. 1939

  19. 1938

  20. 1938

  21. 1938

  22. 1938

  23. 1937

  24. 1937

  25. 1937

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