Lesley Selander

Director· Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography

73 credits across 1 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
1968	Arizona Bushwhackers	Director	Film
1967	Fort Utah	Director	Film
1966	The Texican	Director	Film
1965	Convict Stage	Director	Film
1965	Town Tamer	Director	Film
1958	The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold	Director	Film
1957	Tomahawk Trail	Director	Film
1957	Revolt at Fort Laramie	Director	Film
1957	Outlaw's Son	Director	Film
1956	Quincannon, Frontier Scout	Director	Film
1955	Fort Yuma	Director	Film
1955	Desert Sands	Director	Film
1955	Tall Man Riding	Director	Film
1955	Shotgun	Director	Film
1954	Return from the Sea	Director	Film
1954	Dragonfly Squadron	Director	Film
1954	Arrow In The Dust	Director	Film
1954	The Yellow Tomahawk	Director	Film
1953	War Paint	Director	Film
1953	The Royal African Rifles	Director	Film
1952	Flat Top	Director	Film
1952	Trail Guide	Director	Film
1951	I Was an American Spy	Director	Film
1951	Flight to Mars	Director	Film
1951	The Highwayman	Director	Film
1950	Rio Grande Patrol	Director	Film
1950	Riders of the Range	Director	Film
1950	Storm Over Wyoming	Director	Film
1950	Short Grass	Director	Film
1950	The Kangaroo Kid	Director	Film
1949	Stampede	Director	Film
1949	Sky Dragon	Director	Film
1948	Panhandle	Director	Film
1947	Blackmail	Director	Film
1947	The Red Stallion	Director	Film
1946	The Catman of Paris	Director	Film
1946	Out California Way	Director	Film
1945	Three's a Crowd	Director	Film
1945	The Fatal Witness	Director	Film
1945	The Vampire's Ghost	Director	Film
1944	Sheriff of Sundown	Director	Film
1944	Forty Thieves	Director	Film
1944	Lumberjack	Director	Film
1944	Call of the Rockies	Director	Film
1943	Border Patrol	Director	Film
1943	Colt Comrades	Director	Film
1943	Riders of the Deadline	Director	Film
1943	Bar 20	Director	Film
1943	Buckskin Frontier	Director	Film
1942	Lost Canyon	Director	Film
1942	Undercover Man	Director	Film
1942	Red River Robin Hood	Director	Film
1941	Doomed Caravan	Director	Film
1941	Pirates on Horseback	Director	Film
1941	Stick to Your Guns	Director	Film
1941	Wide Open Town	Director	Film
1941	Riders of the Timberline	Director	Film
1940	Santa Fe Marshal	Director	Film
1940	Hidden Gold	Director	Film
1940	The Light of Western Stars	Director	Film
1940	Stagecoach War	Director	Film
1940	Three Men from Texas	Director	Film
1939	Renegade Trail	Director	Film
1939	Range War	Director	Film
1939	Silver on the Sage	Director	Film
1939	Sunset Trail	Director	Film
1938	Cassidy of Bar 20	Director	Film
1938	Partners of the Plains	Director	Film
1938	Heart of Arizona	Director	Film
1938	Bar 20 Justice	Director	Film
1938	Pride of the West	Director	Film
1938	The Frontiersmen	Director	Film
1937	Hopalong Rides Again	Director	Film

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