Ray Nazarro

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Raymond "Ray" Alfred Nazarro (born September 25, 1902 in Boston , Massachusetts , † September 8, 1986 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film director , screenwriter and film producer who was nominated for the Oscar for best original story was.

Life

Nazarro, who at the beginning of his career in the Hollywood film industry also worked under the nickname "Nat" Nazarro, was initially a director of short films from 1929 and a few years later began working as an assistant director and screenwriter. As a director and assistant director, he initially worked on several low-budget film productions for film production companies on the so-called " Poverty Row ", ie small and small film studios, before after 1945 he worked for several years as a director on Western productions at Columbia Pictures . As a director, assistant director and screenwriter, he has worked on the production of more than 110 films and television series .

At the Academy Awards 1952 Nazarro was nominated together with Budd Boetticher for the Oscar for the best original story, namely for the romantic drama Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) by Budd Boetticher with Robert Stack , Joy Page and Gilbert Roland .

He also produced several episodes of the television series Fury between 1955 and 1956 and directed 23 episodes between 1955 and 1960.

Filmography (selection)

D = screenplay, RA = assistant director, oA = director

  • 1929: In and Out (short film)
  • 1930: Darktown Follies (short film, D)
  • 1934: Sing Sing Nights (RA)
  • 1944: Two-Man Submarine (RA)
  • 1946: Galloping Thunder
  • 1947: Over The Santa Fé Trail
  • 1948: Opium (RA)
  • 1948: West of Sonora
  • 1949: Laramie
  • 1950: David Harding, Counter Spy
  • 1951: Bullfighter and the Lady (D)
  • 1951: The Kid from Amarillo
  • 1952: Devil of the White Mountains ( Indian Uprising )
  • 1952: Two gringos ride west (alternative title: Two clean up; Cripple Creek )
  • 1953: Bandits of Corsica ( The Bandits of Corsica )
  • 1953: Assault in Texas ( Gun Belt )
  • 1954: Caravan westward (Southwest Passage)
  • 1954: Three bit the grass (The Lone Gun)
  • 1955: Undefeated (Top Gun)
  • 1955–1960: Fury (TV series, partly also D)
  • 1957: Escape from the Gallows (The Hired Gun)
  • 1957: One against five (Domino Kid)
  • 1959: Mike Hammer (TV series)
  • 1964: One eats the other

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personal data
SURNAME Nazarro, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nazarro, Raymond Alfred (full name); Nat Nazarro (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1986
Place of death Los Angeles , California