Paul Wendkos

Paul Wendkos (20 de Septiembre de 1922; Filadelfia, Pensilvania – Noviembre 12, 2009; Malibu, California), lo que es en American television and film director. Following tiempos de guerra en servicio en la US Navy and attending la Universidad de Columbia on the GI Bill Wendkos made his first característica, a documentary on a school for the blind, se llama Dark Interlude en 1953. Wendkos primera característica de la película lo que el Ladrón . Wendkos's fluid camera technique caught the attention of the head of Columbia Pictures director de Harry Cohn oms not only wished to distribute the film, but put Wendkos on a contract. A variety of films followed for Columbia beginning with the hard-hitting crime drama The Case Against Brooklyn, two misterioso era drama Tarawa Beachhead and Battle of the Coral Sea, the youth-oriented Gidget and two sequel Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Gidget Goes to Rome as well as Because They're Young. Wendkos, pues, dirigida many episodes of Playhouse 90, Alcoa Theatre, Ben Casey, el Dr. Kildare, Ruta 66, The Rifleman, Señor Novak, Honey West, The Big Valley, I Spy, The Invaders and Hawaii Five-O. I Spy With, Wendkos filmed several interesting episodes, pero lo que considerarse demasiado "arty" by the producers and let go. En el año 1968, Wendkos signed a five picture contract with Mirisch Productions beginning with the war película Attack on the Iron Coast and Hell Boats followed by Westerns set en México, pero filmed in SpainGuns of the Magnificent Seven and Cannon for Córdoba. He also made the first característica película for Quinn Martin, The Mephisto Waltz. From 1970 until his retirement en 1999, Wendkos especializados en made-for-television películas. One of these lo que The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Historia (1988), based on a TWA secuestro en 1985, picked up five Emmy nominations, including one for Wendkos. Wendkos lo cited by película crítico Andrew Sarris en su libro The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968. He is also cited, along with many other administración, en The American Vein: Directors and Directions en Television by Christopher Drenaje and Tise Vahimagi, Talismán Books (Inglaterra), en 1979, and E. P. Dutton (United States), 1979; Library of Congress Catalog Card Nº 79-52675. Wendkos married Ruth Bernat on March 1, 1953 and had one son, Jordan Elkan Wendkos. Ruth murió en Junio de 1978. Wendkos married Lin Bolen, Former NBC VP & Producer en 1983 and they lived together happily en Malibu, California until his death. He is survived by his son, Jordan, nieta, Justine Wendkos, and his wife Lin Bolen Wendkos. Wendkos lo que ill for several years following a stroke. He died on Noviembre 12, 2009 en Malibu, California.