Paul Wendkos
Paul Wendkos (actually: Abraham Paul Wendkos ; born September 20, 1922 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † November 12, 2009 in Malibu , California ) was an American film director .
Life
Paul Wendkos studied film history and aesthetics at the New School for Social Research and began his career with documentaries. In 1957 he switched to fiction; There he developed into a distinguished director who was responsible for over 110 feature and television films or television series episodes . These included successful formats such as Route 66 , West of Santa Fé or Die Unbrechlichen . From the 1970s he specialized in television games; In 1988 he was for the TV movie 847 - Flight of terror with the Emmy Award excellent.
His work for the big screen include the teen comedies to April (1959/61), the Western - Sequel Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) and the horror film Mephisto Waltz (1971). After 1971 Paul Wendkos only worked as a director for television productions.
In 1999 Wendkos withdrew into private life. He died on November 12, 2009 in Malibu, California at the age of 87.
Filmography (selection)
- 1957: The Dead Doesn't Lie (The Burglar)
- 1958: Tarawa bridgehead (Tarawa Beachhead)
- 1959: April discovers the men (Gidget)
- 1959: On a hot track (Face of a Fugitive)
- 1959: Battle of the Coral Sea
- 1959: April discovers Hawaii (Gidget Goes Hawaiian)
- 1963: April discovers Rome (Gidget Goes to Rome)
- 1968: storming of the iron coast (Attack on the Iron Coast)
- 1969: Guns of the Magnificent Seven (Guns of the Magnificent Seven)
- 1970: Cannon for Cordoba (Cannon for Cordoba)
- 1970: The Brotherhood of the Bell
- 1971: The Mephisto Waltz (The Mephisto Waltz)
- 1988: The Great Escape - Revenge of the prisoners ( Great Escape II: The Untold Story )
Web links
- Paul Wendkos in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary at abc (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary for Paul Wendkos in: The Guardian of December 1, 2009, accessed on July 20, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wendkos, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 2009 |
| Place of death | Malibu , California |