Directing Eastwood
by majfoalbkeopaza | created - 10 Sep 2016 | updated - 28 Jun 2019 | Public
1. Jack Arnold
Director | Creature from the Black Lagoon
Jack Arnold reigns supreme as one of the great directors of 1950s science-fiction features. His films are distinguished by moody black and white cinematography, solid acting, smart, thoughtful scripts, snappy pacing, a genuine heartfelt enthusiasm for the genre and plenty of eerie atmosphere.
Arnold...
Revenge of the Creature (1955): Jennings Tarantula (1955): Jet Squadron Leader
2. Arthur Lubin
Director | Phantom of the Opera
A graduate of Carnegie Tech, Arthur Lubin entered films as an actor in the 1920s, and after appearing in many films turned to directing in 1934, mainly for Universal. His forte was light comedy, but he helmed many different types of pictures for the studio. Lubin was the director Universal ...
Francis in the Navy (1955): Jonesy Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955): First Saxon The First Traveling Saleslady (1956): Lt. Jack Rice Escapade in Japan (1957): Dumbo Pilot
3. Jerry Hopper
Director | The Private War of Major Benson
After moving to California in the 1930s, Jerry Hopper worked as an editor at Paramount Studios.
During World War II he joined the Army and worked as a combat photographer where he was awarded a Purple Heart.
After the war, Hopper returned to Hollywood where he graduated to directing. After working ...
Never Say Goodbye (1956): Will
4. Charles F. Haas
Producer | Moonrise
Harvard-educated Charles Haas entered films in 1935 as an extra at Universal. He was soon promoted to assistant director, then branched out into directing documentaries and industrial films. During WW II he made training films for the Army Signal Corps. After the war he went back to work for ...
Star in the Dust (1956): Tom - Ranch Hand
5. Joseph Pevney
Director | Star Trek
Joseph Pevney was born on September 15, 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Star Trek (1966), Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) and Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). He was married to Margo Yvette Collins, Philippa Hilber and Mitzi Green. He died on May 18, 2008 ...
Away All Boats (1956): Corpsman
6. William A. Wellman
Director | A Star Is Born
William Wellman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter-director of the original A Star Is Born (1937), was called "Wild Bill" during his World War I service as an aviator, a nickname that persisted in Hollywood due to his larger-than-life personality and lifestyle.
A leap-year baby born in 1896 on the 29th...
Lafayette Escadrille (1958): George Moseley
7. Jodie Copelan
Editor | The Fugitive
Jodie Copelan was born on January 6, 1914 in California, USA. He was an editor and director, known for The Fugitive (1963), 12 O'Clock High (1964) and Kronos (1957). He was married to Lillian Schleifer. He died on November 10, 1977 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958): Keith Williams
8. Sergio Leone
Writer | Once Upon a Time in America
Sergio Leone was virtually born into the cinema - he was the son of Roberto Roberti (A.K.A. Vincenzo Leone), one of Italy's cinema pioneers, and actress Bice Valerian. Leone entered films in his late teens, working as an assistant director to both Italian directors and U.S. directors working in ...
9. Vittorio De Sica
Director | Ladri di biciclette
Vittorio De Sica grew up in Naples, and started out as an office clerk in order to raise money to support his poor family. He was increasingly drawn towards acting, and made his screen debut while still in his teens, joining a stage company in 1923. By the late 1920s he was a successful matinee ...
10. Ted Post
Director | Magnum Force
Ted Post first began thinking about a career in show business in 1938, when he was working as a weekend usher at the Loew's Pitkin Theater in Brooklyn, New York, and getting so caught up in the movies that he would sometimes forget to escort the patrons to their seats. He received some acting ...
Hang 'Em High (1968): Marshal Jed Cooper Magnum Force (1973): Harry Callahan
11. Don Siegel
Director | Escape from Alcatraz
Don Siegel was educated at Cambridge University, England. In Hollywood from the mid-'30s, he began his career as an editor and second unit director. In 1945 he directed two shorts (Hitler Lives (1945) and Star in the Night (1945)) which both won Academy Awards. His first feature as a director was ...
Coogan's Bluff (1968): Coogan Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970): Hogan The Beguiled (1971): John McBurney Dirty Harry (1971): Harry Escape from Alcatraz (1979): Frank Morris
12. Brian G. Hutton
Director | Where Eagles Dare
Brian G. Hutton was born on May 2, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Where Eagles Dare (1968), Kelly's Heroes (1970) and Sol Madrid (1968). He was married to Victoria Palacio Sierra. He died on August 19, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Where Eagles Dare (1968): Schaffer Kelly's Heroes (1970): Kelly
13. Joshua Logan
Writer | Fanny
Joshua Logan started directing plays while he was still at Princeton and among the first actors he directed were Henry Fonda and James Stewart. His graduation from Princeton was delayed to accompany a classmate to Russia to study with Konstantin Stanislavski, inventor of "method acting". ...
Paint Your Wagon (1969): Pardner
14. Clint Eastwood
Actor | Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...
Play Misty for Me (1971): Dave High Plains Drifter (1973): The Stranger Breezy (1973): Man at Marina The Eiger Sanction (1975): Jonathan Hemlock The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976): Josey Wales The Gauntlet (1977): Ben Shockley Bronco Billy (1980): Bronco Billy Firefox (1982): Mitchell Gant Honkytonk Man (1982): Red Stovall Sudden Impact (1983): Harry Callahan Pale Rider (1985): Preacher Heartbreak Ridge (1986): Highway White Hunter Black Heart (1990): John Wilson The Rookie (1990): Nick Pulovski Unforgiven (1992): Bill Munny A Perfect World (1993): Chief Red Garnett The Bridges of Madison County (1995): Robert Kincaid Absolute Power (1997): Luther Whitney True Crime (1999): Steve Everett Space Cowboys (2000): Frank Corvin Blood Work (2002): Terry McCaleb Million Dollar Baby (2004): Frankie Dunn Gran Torino (2008): Walt Kowalski The Mule (2018): Earl Stone
15. John Sturges
Director | The Great Escape
John Sturges was an American film director, mostly remembered for his outstanding Western films. In 1992, Sturges was awarded a Golden Boot Award for his lifelong contribution to the Western genre.
Sturges was born in the village of Oak Park, Illinois, within the Chicago metropolitan area. By 1930, ...
Joe Kidd (1972): Joe Kidd
16. Michael Cimino
Director | The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino studied architecture and dramatic arts; later he filmed advertisements and documentaries and also wrote scripts until the actor, producer and director Clint Eastwood gave him the opportunity to direct the thriller Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). But his biggest success was The Deer...
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974): Thunderbolt
17. James Fargo
Director | Every Which Way But Loose
James Fargo was born on August 14, 1938 in Republic, Washington, USA. He is a director and assistant director, known for Every Which Way But Loose (1978), The Enforcer (1976) and Jaws (1975).
The Enforcer (1976): Harry Callahan Every Which Way But Loose (1978): Philo Beddoe
18. Buddy Van Horn
Stunts | High Plains Drifter
Prolific American stunt man and occasional small part actor, formerly billed as Wayne Van Horn. The son of a veterinarian who ministered to animals at Universal studios, he first worked as a horse wrangler following a stint in the U.S. Army. This earlier expertise as a rider served him well after ...
Any Which Way You Can (1980): Philo Beddoe The Dead Pool (1988): Harry Callahan Pink Cadillac (1989): Tommy Nowak
19. Richard Tuggle
Writer | Escape from Alcatraz
Richard Tuggle was born on August 8, 1948 in Coral Gables, Florida, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Tightrope (1984) and Out of Bounds (1986).
Tightrope (1984): Wes Block
20. Richard Benjamin
Actor | Westworld
Although his actress wife Paula Prentiss became a star by the early 1960s, it took Richard Benjamin almost fifteen years to establish his screen persona, but the wait was rewarding. After extensive work in theatre as actor and director, and his participation in the cult TV series He & She (1967)...
City Heat (1984): Lieutenant Speer
21. Wolfgang Petersen
Director | Das Boot
A controversial film maker, Wolfgang Petersen has at once been lauded for his professionalism and attention to detail and decried for turning out a string of standard commercial Hollywood blockbusters. The son of a naval officer, Petersen held a lifelong fascination with the sea and naval subjects....
In the Line of Fire (1993): Frank Horrigan
22. Brad Silberling
Director | City of Angels
Brad Silberling was born on September 8, 1963 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is a producer and director, known for City of Angels (1998), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) and Moonlight Mile (2002). He has been married to Amy Brenneman since September 30, 1995. They have two ...
Casper (1995): Clint Eastwood
23. Robert Lorenz
Producer | In the Land of Saints & Sinners
With a passion for filmmaking but no connections to the business, Robert Lorenz moved to Los Angeles in 1989 and began climbing his way up through the film industry. Starting out on the backlot of Roger Corman's B-movie studio in Venice, California, less than a decade later Lorenz found himself ...
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