Biography
From Wikipedia. Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and science fiction movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936). To this day, Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. In 1956, he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of Lassie.
Directed 151
1960s
- 1968
Arizona Bushwhackers
Director
- 1967
Fort Utah
Director
- 1966
The Texican
Director
- 1965
Town Tamer
Director
Fort Courageous
Director
War Party
Director
Convict Stage
Director
- 1964
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
Cannonball
Director
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
Director
- 1957
The Wayward Girl
Director
Taming Sutton’s Gal
Director
Outlaw's Son
Director
- 1956
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
Director
The Broken Star
Director
- 1955
Fury
Director
- 1954
Return from the Sea
Director
The Yellow Tomahawk
Director
Arrow In The Dust
Director
Dragonfly Squadron
Director
- 1953
The Royal African Rifles
Director
Fighter Attack
Director
Cow Country
Director
- 1952
The Raiders
Director
Flat Top
Director
Battle Zone
Director
Road Agent
Director
Trail Guide
Director
Fort Osage
Director
- 1951
Overland Telegraph
Director
Pistol Harvest
Director
The Highwayman
Director
Gunplay
Director
Cavalry Scout
Director
I Was an American Spy
Director
Saddle Legion
Director
Law of the Badlands
Director
- 1950
Short Grass
Director
The Kangaroo Kid
Director
Rio Grande Patrol
Director
Rider from Tucson
Director
Storm Over Wyoming
Director
Dakota Lil
Director
Riders of the Range
Director
1940s
- 1949
The Mysterious Desperado
Director
Masked Raiders
Director
Sky Dragon
Director
Rustlers
Director
Brothers in the Saddle
Director
- 1948
Indian Agent
Director
Strike It Rich
Director
Guns of Hate
Director
- 1947
Blackmail
Director
Last Frontier Uprising
Director
The Pilgrim Lady
Director
- 1946
Out California Way
Director
Night Train to Memphis
Director
Traffic in Crime
Director
Passkey to Danger
Director
The Catman of Paris
Director
- 1945
The Fatal Witness
Director
Phantom of the Plains
Director
Trail of Kit Carson
Director
The Vampire's Ghost
Director
Great Stagecoach Robbery
Director
- 1944
Sheriff of Las Vegas
Director
Firebrands of Arizona
Director
Sheriff of Sundown
Director
Cheyenne Wildcat
Director
Stagecoach to Monterey
Director
Bordertown Trail
Director
Call of the Rockies
Director
Forty Thieves
Director
Lumberjack
Director
- 1943
Riders of the Deadline
Director
Bar 20
Director
Border Patrol
Director
- 1942
Lost Canyon
Director
Red River Robin Hood
Director
Undercover Man
Director
Thundering Hoofs
Director
- 1941
Pirates on Horseback
Director
The Roundup
Director
Doomed Caravan
Director
- 1940
Three Men from Texas
Director
Cherokee Strip
Director
Stagecoach War
Director
Hidden Gold
Director
Knights of the Range
Director
Santa Fe Marshal
Director
1930s
- 1939
Range War
Director
Renegade Trail
Director
Silver on the Sage
Director
- 1938
The Mysterious Rider
Director
Heart of Arizona
Director
- 1937
Black Aces
Director
Smoke Tree Range
Director
Left-Handed Law
Director
Sandflow
Director
- 1936
Empty Saddles
Director
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Director
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Director
Fury
Assistant Director
Moonlight Murder
Assistant Director
The Garden Murder Case
Assistant Director
- 1935
- 1934
What Every Woman Knows
Assistant Director
- 1933
The Warrior's Husband
Assistant Director
- 1931
The Spider
Assistant Director
1920s
- 1925
Durand of the Bad Lands
Assistant Director
The Timber Wolf
Assistant Director
Camera 1
1920s
- 1925
Wolf Blood
Director of Photography