William Witney
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Nuelsen Witney (15 May 1915 – 17 March 2002) was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu. He directed many Westerns during his career, and is credited with devising the modern system of filming movie fight sequences in a series of carefully choreographed shots, which he patterned after the musical sequences of American director Busby Berkeley.[1] Prolific and pugnacious, Witney began directing while still in his 20s, and continued until 1982. Quentin Tarantino singles out Witney as one of his favorite directors, particularly for The Golden Stallion (1949), a Roy Rogers vehicle.[2] Witney also directed Master of the World (1961) starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Witney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
DirectingBirthday
May 15, 1915Deathday
March 17, 2002Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
101Place of birth
Lawton, Oklahoma, USAAlso known as
William Whitney, William N. Witney
Cast credits
Crew credits
Drums of Fu Manchu
Director
Drums of Fu Manchu
Director
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Director
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Director
Mysterious Doctor Satan
Director
The Bonnie Parker Story
Director
City of Shadows
Director
Young and Wild
Director
40 Guns to Apache Pass
Director
Under California Stars
Director
Bells of San Angelo
Director
Home in Oklahoma
Director
Heldorado
Director
Roll on Texas Moon
Director
Master of the World
Director
Darktown Strutters
Director
I Escaped from Devil's Island
Director
The Cat Burglar
Director
Santa Fe Passage
Director
The Golden Stallion
Director
Trigger, Jr.
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