Byron Haskin

Director

Byron Conrad Haskin was an American film and television director. He was born in Portland, Oregon. He is remembered today for directing 1953's The War of the Worlds, one of many films where he teamed with producer George Pal. In his early career, he was a special effects artist, with a number of credits on Warner Bros. films, an asset when directing the killer ants film The Naked Jungle and the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Haskin also worked as a cinematographer and producer. His career in television included directing six episodes of the original The Outer Limits, including two highly regarded episodes, "The Architects of Fear" and "Demon with a Glass Hand". He also co-produced the original Star Trek pilot episode, "The Cage". Haskin appeared as an interviewee on-screen in the 1980 documentary Hollywood series by Kevin Brownlow. Haskin died in Montecito, California six days before his 85th birthday.

Born: April 22, 1899 in Portland, Oregon, USA

Died: April 16, 1984 (Age 84)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Hollywood Limited Series	9.1	Actor	Self 13 Episodes	1980-1980
A Midsummer Night's Dream Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	6.6	Crew	Special Effects	1935
Across the Pacific Movie Available on 22 streaming services.	6.7	Crew	Special Effects	1942
Always in My Heart Movie	6	Crew	Special Effects	1942
Armored Command Movie	5	Directing	Director	1961
Arsenic and Old Lace Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	8	Crew	Special Effects	1944
As the Earth Turns Movie	6	Crew	Cinematography	1934
Black Fury Movie	6.3	Directing	Director of Photography	1935
Bullet Scars Movie	5.6	Crew	Special Effects	1942
Captain Sindbad Movie	5.2	Directing	Director	1963
Captains of the Clouds Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	6.2	Crew	Special Effects	1942
Castle on the Hudson Movie	6.5	Crew	Special Effects	1940
City for Conquest Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	7.1	Crew	Special Effects	1940
Colleen Movie	5.7	Directing	Director of Photography	1936
Conquest of Space Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	5.8	Directing	Director	1955
Denver and Rio Grande Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1952
Dive Bomber Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	6.4	Crew	Special Effects	1941
Dodge City Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	7.2	Crew	Special Effects	1939
Don Juan Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	6.8	Directing	Director of Photography	1926
Dust Be My Destiny Movie	6.6	Crew	Special Effects	1939
Flowing Gold Movie	6.3	Crew	Special Effects	1940
From the Earth to the Moon Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1958
Gambling on the High Seas Movie	5.8	Directing	Other	1940
Green Light Movie	5.9	Directing	Director of Photography	1937
His Majesty O'Keefe Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1954
I Walk Alone Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	6.9	Directing	Director	1947
Invisible Stripes Movie Available on 23 streaming services.	6.5	Crew	Special Effects	1939
It All Came True Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	6.4	Crew	Special Effects	1940
Jet Over The Atlantic Movie	5.4	Directing	Director	1959
Knute Rockne All American Movie Available on 30 streaming services.	6.9	Crew	Special Effects	1940
Long John Silver Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1954
Man-Eater of Kumaon Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1948
Manpower Movie	6.4	Crew	Special Effects	1941
Personal Maid's Secret Movie	6.3	Directing	Director of Photography	1935
Robinson Crusoe on Mars Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	6.5	Directing	Director	1964
September Storm Movie	4.8	Directing	Director	1960
Silver City Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1951
Stage Struck Movie	5.4	Directing	Director of Photography	1936
Submarine D-1 Movie	5.5	Crew	Special Effects	1937
Tarzan's Peril Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1951
The Boss Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1956
The First Texan Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1956
The Great Lie Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	7.1	Crew	Special Effects	1941
The Guilty Generation Movie	6.5	Directing	Director of Photography	1931
The Naked Jungle Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	6.5	Directing	Director	1954
The Power Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.1	Directing	Director	1968
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	6.8	Crew	Special Effects	1939
The Sea Beast Movie	6	Directing	Director of Photography	1926
The Sea Hawk Movie Available on 24 streaming services.	7.7	Crew	Special Effects	1940
The Sea Wolf Movie Available on 15 streaming services.	7.4	Crew	Special Effects	1941
The Singing Fool Movie	6	Directing	Director of Photography	1928
The Wagons Roll at Night Movie	6.1	Crew	Special Effects	1941
The War of the Worlds Movie Available on 37 streaming services.	7.1	Directing	Director	1953
They Drive by Night Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	7	Crew	Special Effects	1940
Too Late for Tears Movie Available on 19 streaming services.	7.1	Directing	Director	1949
Torrid Zone Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	6.5	Crew	Special Effects	1940
Treasure Island Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	6.7	Directing	Director	1950
Virginia City Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	6.6	Crew	Special Effects	1940
Warpath Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1951
When a Man Loves Movie	6.8	Directing	Director of Photography	1927
Wings for the Eagle Movie	5.6	Crew	Special Effects	1942
Glad Rag Doll Movie	4.9	Directing	Director of Photography	1929
The Redeeming Sin Movie		Crew	Cinematography	1929
Rookery Nook Movie	7.4	Production	Production Supervisor	1930
Broken Chains Movie	5.6	Directing	Director of Photography	1922
Canaries Sometimes Sing Movie		Crew	Technical Supervisor	1930
Black Waters Movie		Production	Supervising Producer	1929
The Little Savage Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1959
Caught in the Fog Movie	5.8	Crew	Cinematography	1928
The Golden Cocoon Movie		Directing	Director of Photography	1925
Irish Hearts Movie	2.4	Directing	Director	1927
Across the Pacific Movie	6.4	Directing	Director of Photography	1926
Where the Worst Begins Movie		Crew	Cinematography	1925
On Approval Movie		Crew	Technical Supervisor	1930
Star Trek TV Show Available on 14 streaming services.	8.3	Production	Producer 79 Episodes	1966-1969
The Adventures of Long John Silver TV Show	6.9	Directing	Director 1 Episode	1956-1957
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn TV Show	7	Directing	Director 1 Episode	1968-1969
The Outer Limits TV Show Available on 13 streaming services.	8	Directing	Director 6 Episodes	1963-1965
The Magical World of Disney TV Show	8.2	Directing	Director 2 Episodes	1954-1997
Alcoa Theatre TV Show	7.6	Directing	Director 1 Episode	1957-1960
Historias para no dormir TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7.7	Directing	Director 1 Episode	1966-1982
Screen Director's Playhouse TV Show		Directing	Director 1 Episode	1955-1956
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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