Actor

Byron Haskin

Directing

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Acting credits

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Movies: 81Series: 11Crew credits: 91

TMDB ID: 51000

IMDb ID: nm0005738

Known for: Directing

Born: April 22, 1899

Died: April 16, 1984

Age: 84

Place of birth: Portland, Oregon, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1922 - 1980

Years active: 59

Average TMDB rating: 6.53

Wikidata: Q1018614

Also known as

Byron Conrad Haskin

Other jobs

Director (37)Special Effects (28)Director of Photography (16)Cinematography (5)Other (1)Producer (1)Production Supervisor (1)Supervising Producer (1)

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Biography

Byron Conrad Haskin was an American film and television director. He was born in Portland, Oregon. He is remembered today for directing 1953's The War of the Worlds, one of many films where he teamed with producer George Pal. In his early career, he was a special effects artist, with a number of credits on Warner Bros. films, an asset when directing the killer ants film The Naked Jungle and the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Haskin also worked as a cinematographer and producer. His career in television included directing six episodes of the original The Outer Limits, including two highly regarded episodes, "The Architects of Fear" and "Demon with a Glass Hand". He also co-produced the original Star Trek pilot episode, "The Cage". Haskin appeared as an interviewee on-screen in the 1980 documentary Hollywood series by Kevin Brownlow. Haskin died in Montecito, California six days before his 85th birthday.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Byron Haskin.