William Witney
Age: 86 | From: Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1915-05-15 17:47:41
Death: 2002-03-17 17:47:41
Aliases: William Whitney , William N. Witney
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
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Movie Involvements: 100
TV Involvements: 26
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Biography
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
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Bonanza
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Daniel Boone
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The Virginian
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The Wild Wild West
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Tarzan
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The High Chaparral
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Zorro
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State Trooper
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