Lesley Selander

from Los Angeles - California - USA

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Biography

From Wikipedia

Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an

American film director of Westerns and science fiction movies. His career as

director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from

1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The

Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury

(1936).

To this day, Selander remains one of the most prolific

directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107

Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. In 1956, he

was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding

Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of

Lassie.

Timeline

1968Aged 68

  • Poster for Arizona Bushwhackers

    Director

1967Aged 67

  • Poster for Fort Utah

    Director

1966Aged 66

  • Poster for The Texican

    Director

1965Aged 65

  • Poster for Convict Stage

    Director

  • Poster for War Party

    Director

  • Poster for Fort Courageous

    Director

  • Poster for Town Tamer

    Director

1958Aged 58

  • Poster for The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

    Director

1957Aged 57

  • Poster for Tomahawk Trail

    Director

  • Poster for Revolt at Fort Laramie

    Director

  • Poster for Outlaw's Son

    Director

  • Poster for Taming Sutton’s Gal

    Director

  • Poster for The Wayward Girl

    Director

1956Aged 56

  • Poster for The Broken Star

    Director

  • Poster for Quincannon, Frontier Scout

    Director

1955Aged 55

  • Poster for Shotgun

    Director

  • Poster for Tall Man Riding

    Director

  • Poster for Fort Yuma

    Director

  • Poster for Fury

    Director

  • Poster for Desert Sands

    Director

1954Aged 54

  • Poster for Dragonfly Squadron

    Director

  • Poster for Arrow In The Dust

    Director

  • Poster for The Yellow Tomahawk

    Director

  • Poster for Return from the Sea

    Director

1953Aged 53

  • Poster for Fort Vengeance

    Director

  • Poster for Cow Country

    Director

  • Poster for War Paint

    Director

  • Poster for Fort Algiers

    Director

  • Poster for Fighter Attack

    Director

  • Poster for The Royal African Rifles

    Director

1952Aged 52

  • Poster for Fort Osage

    Director

  • Poster for Trail Guide

    Director

  • Poster for Road Agent

    Director

  • Poster for Desert Passage

    Director

  • Poster for Flat Top

    Director

  • Poster for Battle Zone

    Director

  • Poster for The Raiders

    Director

1951Aged 51

  • Poster for Law of the Badlands

    Director

  • Poster for Saddle Legion

    Director

  • Poster for I Was an American Spy

    Director

  • Poster for Cavalry Scout

    Director

  • Poster for Gunplay

    Director

  • Poster for The Highwayman

    Director

  • Poster for Pistol Harvest

    Director

  • Poster for Flight to Mars

    Director

  • Poster for Overland Telegraph

    Director

1950Aged 50

  • Poster for Riders of the Range

    Director

  • Poster for Dakota Lil

    Director

  • Poster for Storm Over Wyoming

    Director

  • Poster for Rider from Tucson

    Director

  • Poster for Rio Grande Patrol

    Director

  • Poster for The Kangaroo Kid

    Director

  • Poster for Short Grass

    Director

1949Aged 49

  • Poster for Brothers in the Saddle

    Director

  • Poster for Rustlers

    Director

  • Poster for Sky Dragon

    Director

  • Poster for Stampede

    Director

  • Poster for Masked Raiders

    Director

  • Poster for The Mysterious Desperado

    Director

1948Aged 48

  • Poster for Panhandle

    Director

  • Poster for Guns of Hate

    Director

  • Poster for Belle Starr's Daughter

    Director

  • Poster for Strike It Rich

    Director

  • Poster for Indian Agent

    Director

1947Aged 47

  • Poster for The Pilgrim Lady

    Director

  • Poster for Last Frontier Uprising

    Director

  • Poster for Saddle Pals

    Director

  • Poster for Robin Hood Of Texas

    Director

  • Poster for Blackmail

    Director

  • Poster for The Red Stallion

    Director

1946Aged 46

  • Poster for The Catman of Paris

    Director

  • Poster for Passkey to Danger

    Director

  • Poster for Traffic in Crime

    Director

  • Poster for Night Train to Memphis

    Director

  • Poster for Out California Way

    Director

1945Aged 45

1944Aged 44

  • Poster for Lumberjack

    Director

  • Poster for Forty Thieves

    Director

  • Poster for Call of the Rockies

    Director

  • Poster for Bordertown Trail

    Director

  • Poster for Stagecoach to Monterey

    Director

  • Poster for Cheyenne Wildcat

    Director

  • Poster for Sheriff of Sundown

    Director

  • Poster for Firebrands of Arizona

    Director

  • Poster for Sheriff of Las Vegas

    Director

1943Aged 43

  • Poster for Border Patrol

    Director

  • Poster for Buckskin Frontier

    Director

  • Poster for Colt Comrades

    Director

  • Poster for Bar 20

    Director

  • Poster for Riders of the Deadline

    Director

1942Aged 42

  • Poster for Thundering Hoofs

    Director

  • Poster for Bandit Ranger

    Director

  • Poster for Undercover Man

    Director

  • Poster for Red River Robin Hood

    Director

  • Poster for Lost Canyon

    Director

1941Aged 41

  • Poster for Doomed Caravan

    Director

  • Poster for The Roundup

    Director

  • Poster for Pirates on Horseback

    Director

  • Poster for Wide Open Town

    Director

  • Poster for Stick to Your Guns

    Director

  • Poster for Riders of the Timberline

    Director

1940Aged 40

  • Poster for Santa Fe Marshal

    Director

  • Poster for Knights of the Range

    Director

  • Poster for The Light of Western Stars

    Director

  • Poster for Hidden Gold

    Director

  • Poster for Stagecoach War

    Director

  • Poster for Cherokee Strip

    Director

  • Poster for Three Men from Texas

    Director

1939Aged 39

  • Poster for Sunset Trail

    Director

  • Poster for Silver on the Sage

    Director

  • Poster for Heritage of the Desert

    Director

  • Poster for Renegade Trail

    Director

  • Poster for Range War

    Director

1938Aged 38

  • Poster for Partners of the Plains

    Director

  • Poster for Cassidy of Bar 20

    Director

  • Poster for Heart of Arizona

    Director

  • Poster for Bar 20 Justice

    Director

  • Poster for Pride of the West

    Director

  • Poster for The Mysterious Rider

    Director

  • Poster for The Frontiersmen

    Director

1937Aged 37

  • Poster for Sandflow

    Director

  • Poster for Left-Handed Law

    Director

  • Poster for Smoke Tree Range

    Director

  • Poster for Hopalong Rides Again

    Director

  • Poster for Black Aces

    Director

  • Poster for The Barrier

    Director

1936Aged 36

  • Poster for The Garden Murder Case

    Assistant Director

  • Poster for Moonlight Murder

    Assistant Director

  • Poster for Fury

    Assistant Director

  • Poster for Ride 'Em Cowboy

    Director

  • Poster for The Boss Rider of Gun Creek

    Director

  • Poster for Empty Saddles

    Director

1935Aged 35

  • Poster for A Night at the Opera

    Assistant Director

1934Aged 34

  • Poster for The Thin Man

    Assistant Director

  • Poster for What Every Woman Knows

    Assistant Director

1933Aged 33

  • Poster for The Warrior's Husband

    Assistant Director

1931Aged 31

  • Poster for The Spider

    Assistant Director

1928Aged 28

1926Aged 26

1925Aged 25

  • Poster for The Timber Wolf

    Assistant Director

  • Poster for Durand of the Bad Lands

    Assistant Director

  • Poster for Wolf Blood

    Director of Photography