
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
May 26, 1900
Died
December 5, 1979 (79 years old)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Lesley Selander
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.
Known For
Directing

The Texican
Director
1966

Daniel Boone
Director
1964

Laramie
Director
1959

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
Director
1958

Revolt at Fort Laramie
Director
1957

Fort Yuma
Director
1955

Tall Man Riding
Director
1955

Shotgun
Director
1955

Lassie
Director
1954

War Paint
Director
1953

Flat Top
Director
1952

Flight to Mars
Director
1951


