Director

William Nigh

Directing

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Directed credits

103

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Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.3

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Directed movies: 103Directed series: 0All crew credits: 107

TMDB ID: 89226

IMDb ID: nm0631438

Known for: Directing

Born: October 12, 1881

Died: November 27, 1955

Age: 74

Place of birth: Berlin, Wisconsin, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1913 - 1948

Years active: 36

Average TMDB rating: 5.21

Wikidata: Q513061

Also known as

Emil Kreuske • Will Nigh • William Nye

Frequent jobs

Director (103)Scenario Writer (2)Editor (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

William Nigh (October 12, 1881 – November 27, 1955) was an American film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as either "Will Nigh" or "William Nye". He was born in Berlin, Wisconsin. His film career began with acting in 17 films in 1913 and 1914; he also directed one of these, Salomy Jane. He acted in 8 more films in the 1910s and two more in the 1920s, but directed a total of 119 films, the last in 1948. His film-writing credits numbered 18, mostly concentrated early in his career. His films included Mr. Wise Guy, Thunder, Black Dragons, Corregidor, Mr. Wong, Detective, The Mystery of Mr. Wong, Mr. Wong in Chinatown, Lady from Chungking, The Fatal Hour, The Ape, Doomed to Die, Lord Byron of Broadway, and Casey of the Coast Guard. He died in Burbank, California at the age of 74. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Nigh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.