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Byron Haskin
Portland, Oregon, USA
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…
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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.
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1980
Hollywood
TV show Self
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1968
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
TV show Director
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1968
The Power
Movie Director
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1966
Star Trek
TV show Producer
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1966
Tales to Keep You Awake
TV show Director
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1964
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Movie Director
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1963
The Outer Limits
TV show Director
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1963
Captain Sindbad
Movie Director
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1961
Armored Command
Movie Director
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1960
September Storm
Movie Director
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1959
Jet Over The Atlantic
Movie Director
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1959
World of Giants
TV show Director
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1959
The Little Savage
Movie Director
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1958
From the Earth to the Moon
Movie Director
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1957
Alcoa Theatre
TV show Director
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1957
The Adventures of Long John Silver
TV show Director
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1956
The Boss
Movie Director
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1956
The First Texan
Movie Director
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1956
Affair in Sumatra
Movie Self - Introduction
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1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV show Director
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1955
Conquest of Space
Movie Director
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1954
Long John Silver
Movie Director
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1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV show Director
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1954
Studio 57
TV show Director
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1954
The Naked Jungle
Movie Director
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1954
His Majesty O'Keefe
Movie Director
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1953
The War of the Worlds
Movie Director
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1952
Denver and Rio Grande
Movie Director
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1951
Silver City
Movie Director
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1951
Warpath
Movie Director
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1951
Tarzan's Peril
Movie Director
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1950
Treasure Island
Movie Director
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1949
Too Late for Tears
Movie Director
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1948
Man-Eater of Kumaon
Movie Director
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1947
I Walk Alone
Movie Director
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1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie Special Effects
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1944
Passage to Marseille
Movie Special Effects
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1942
Across the Pacific
Movie Special Effects
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1942
Wings for the Eagle
Movie Special Effects
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1942
In This Our Life
Movie Special Effects
