01/02/1901
New York City, New York, USA:
Lew Landers (geboren als Louis Friedlander) war ein US-amerikanischer Independent-Film- und Fernsehregisseur. Landers begann seine Filmkarriere als Schauspieler. 1914 wirkte er unter seinem Geburtsnamen in zwei Spielfilmen mit: D.W. Griffiths Drama „The Escape“ und dem Kurzfilm „Admission – Two Pins“. 1922 wurde er Regieassistent bei Universal Pictures. In den 1930er-Jahren begann er selbst Filme zu drehen. Zu seinen frühen Werken zählt der Thriller „The Raven“ (1935) mit Boris Karloff und Bela Lugosi. Nach einigen weiteren Spielfilmen änderte er seinen Namen in Lew Landers und inszenierte über 100 Filme verschiedenster Genres, darunter Western, Komödien und Horrorfilme. Er arbeitete im Laufe seiner Karriere für alle großen und viele kleinere Filmstudios. Ab 1943 wechselte er seine Filmarbeit mit der Regie von Fernsehserien ab, darunter zwei Folgen von „Adventures of Superman“ und die schräge Serie „Captain John Smith and Pocahontas“. Am 16. Dezember 1962 starb Landers in Palm Desert, Kalifornien, an einem Herzinfarkt. Der Schauspieler Jim McKrell verkörperte den Fernsehreporter Lew Landers in zwei Filmen von Joe Dante: „Das Tier“ (1981) und „Gremlins“ (1984).
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Terrified (1963) Director |
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Hot Rod Gang (1958) Director |
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The Cruel Tower (1956) Director |
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Savage Fury (1956) Director |
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Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954) Director |
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Torpedo Alley (1953) Director |
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Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) Director |
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Run for the Hills (1953) Director |
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Man in the Dark (1953) Director |
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Tangier Incident (1953) Director |
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Arctic Flight (1952) Director |
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California Conquest (1952) Director |
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Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952) Director |
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Aladdin and His Lamp (1952) Director |
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The Magic Carpet (1951) Director |
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Jungle Manhunt (1951) Director |
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Hurricane Island (1951) Director |
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The Bogus Green (1951) Director |
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The Big Gusher (1951) Director |
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When the Redskins Rode (1951) Director |
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A Yank in Korea (1951) Director |
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Blue Blood (1951) Director |
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Revenue Agent (1950) Director |
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Chain Gang (1950) Director |
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Last of the Buccaneers (1950) Director |
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State Penitentiary (1950) Director |
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Beauty on Parade (1950) Director |
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Dynamite Pass (1950) Director |
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Tyrant of the Sea (1950) Director |
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Girls' School (1950) Director |
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Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950) Director |
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Barbary Pirate (1949) Director |
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Air Hostess (1949) Director |
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Law of the Barbary Coast (1949) Director |
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Stagecoach Kid (1949) Director |
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Inner Sanctum (1948) Director |
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Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948) Director |
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My Dog Rusty (1948) Director |
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Devil Ship (1947) Director |
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Dog Crazy (1947) Director |
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The Son of Rusty (1947) Director |
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Under the Tonto Rim (1947) Director |
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Danger Street (1947) Director |
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Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947) Director |
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Thunder Mountain (1947) Director |
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Doctor Jim (1947) Director |
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Death Valley (1946) Director |
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Hot Cargo (1946) Director |
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The Truth About Murder (1946) Director |
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The Mask of Diijon (1946) Director |
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Tokyo Rose (1946) Director |
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A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) Director |
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Follow That Woman (1945) Writer |
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Follow That Woman (1945) Director |
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The Enchanted Forest (1945) Director |
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The Windjammer (1945) Director |
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Shadow Of Terror (1945) Director |
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Arson Squad (1945) Director |
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Secrets of a Sorority Girl (1945) Director |
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Trouble Chasers (1945) Director |
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The Power of the Whistler (1945) Director |
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Crime, Inc. (1945) Director |
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I'm from Arkansas (1944) Director |
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Swing in the Saddle (1944) Director |
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U-Boat Prisoner (1944) Director |
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Stars on Parade (1944) Director |
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The Black Parachute (1944) Director |
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Two-Man Submarine (1944) Director |
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The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944) Director |
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Cowboy Canteen (1944) Director |
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Black Arrow (1944) Director |
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The Deerslayer (1943) Director |
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The Return of the Vampire (1943) Director |
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Doughboys in Ireland (1943) Director |
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Redhead from Manhattan (1943) Director |
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Murder in Times Square (1943) Director |
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After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943) Director |
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Power of the Press (1943) Director |
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Junior Army (1942) Director |
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Stand By All Networks (1942) Director |
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The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942) Director |
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Smith of Minnesota (1942) Director |
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Sabotage Squad (1942) Director |
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Atlantic Convoy (1942) Director |
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Submarine Raider (1942) Director |
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Not a Ladies' Man (1942) Director |
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Alias Boston Blackie (1942) Director |
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Canal Zone (1942) Director |
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The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) Director |
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Cadets on Parade (1942) Director |
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Harvard Here I Come (1941) Director |
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The Stork Pays Off (1941) Director |
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Mystery Ship (1941) Director |
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I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941) Director |
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The Singing Hill (1941) Director |
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Back in the Saddle (1941) Director |
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Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941) Director |
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Lucky Devils (1941) Director |
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Slightly Tempted (1940) Director |
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Girl from Havana (1940) Director |
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Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940) Director |
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Wagons Westward (1940) Director |
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La Conga Nights (1940) Director |
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Ski Patrol (1940) Director |
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Enemy Agent (1940) Director |
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Honeymoon Deferred (1940) Director |
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Bad Lands (1939) Director |
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Conspiracy (1939) Director |
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The Girl and the Gambler (1939) Director |
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Fixer Dugan (1939) Director |
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Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) Director |
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Pacific Liner (1939) Director |
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Annabel Takes a Tour (1938) Director |
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Smashing the Rackets (1938) Director |
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Sky Giant (1938) Director |
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Blind Alibi (1938) Director |
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Law of the Underworld (1938) Director |
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Condemned Women (1938) Director |
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Double Danger (1938) Director |
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Crashing Hollywood (1938) Director |
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Danger Patrol (1937) Director |
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Living on Love (1937) Director |
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Flight from Glory (1937) Director |
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Border Cafe (1937) Director |
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You Can't Buy Luck (1937) Director |
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The Man Who Found Himself (1937) Director |
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They Wanted to Marry (1937) Director |
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Night Waitress (1936) Director |
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Without Orders (1936) Director |
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Parole! (1936) Director |
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The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936) Director |
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Stormy (1935) Director |
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The Raven (1935) Director |
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The Call of the Savage (1935) Director |
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Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) Director |
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Tailspin Tommy (1934) Director |
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The Red Rider (1934) Director |
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The Vanishing Shadow (1934) Director |