Biography
Fielder Cook (March 9, 1923 – June 20, 2003) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cook graduated with honor with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from Washington and Lee University, then studied Elizabethan Drama at the University of Birmingham in England. He returned to the United States and began his career in the early days of television, directing many episodes of such anthology series as Lux Video Theater, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Playhouse 90, Omnibus, and Kraft Television Theatre. In later years, he directed the television movies Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, Gauguin the Savage, Family Reunion, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Will There Really Be a Morning?, and others; adaptations of The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, Brigadoon, Beauty and the Beast, The Price, Miracle on 34th Street, and The Member of the Wedding; and episodes of Ben Casey, The Defenders, and Beacon Hill. Cook's credits for feature films include A Big Hand for the Little Lady, How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968), Prudence and the Pill (1968, co-director), From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973), Eagle in a Cage, and Seize the Day.
Directed 52
1990s
- 1997
The Member of the Wedding
Director
1980s
- 1987
A Special Friendship
Director
- 1986
- 1985
Evergreen
Director
- 1984
Why Me?
Director
- 1983
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Director
- 1981
Family Reunion
Director
Family Reunion
Director
- 1980
Gauguin the Savage
Director
1970s
- 1979
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Director
Too Far to Go
Director
- 1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Director
- 1976
Beauty and the Beast
Director
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
Director
- 1975
The Rivalry
Director
Valley Forge
Director
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Director
- 1974
This Is the West That Was
Director
- 1973
Miracle on 34th Street
Director
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Director
- 1972
Harvey
Director
- 1971
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Director
Neighbors
Director
Enemies
Director
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Director
The Price
Director
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Director
1960s
- 1969
Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall
Director
Teacher, Teacher
Director
- 1968
Prudence and the Pill
Director
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Director
- 1966
Brigadoon
Director
- 1965
Mister Roberts
Director
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
Director
A String of Beads
Director
- 1960
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Director
1950s
- 1959
Home Is the Hero
Director
- 1956
- 1955
Patterns
Director
- 1954
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Director
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
Produced 3
1970s
- 1971
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Executive Producer
1960s
- 1966
Brigadoon
Producer
Created 1
No release date
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Creator