Lesley Selander, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lesley Selander

American film director

Date of Birth: 26-May-1900

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1979

Profession: cinematographer, television director, film director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and adventure movies.
His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936-68.
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.