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Paul Wendkos

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Paul Wendkos

Nascimento
Falecimento
(com 84 anos)
Local de nascimento
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Créditos
92 títulos

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1922; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 12, 2009; Malibu, California) was an American television and film director.

Following wartime service in the US Navy and attending Columbia University on the GI Bill Wendkos made his first feature, a documentary on a school for the blind called Dark Interlude in 1953.

Wendkos's first feature film was The Burglar . Wendkos's fluid camera technique caught the attention of the head of Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn who not only wished to distribute the film, but put Wendkos on a contract.

A variety of films followed for Columbia beginning with the hard-hitting crime drama The Case Against Brooklyn, two suspenseful war dramas Tarawa Beachhead and Battle of the Coral Sea, the youth-oriented Gidget and two sequels Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Gidget Goes to Rome as well as Because They're Young.

Wendkos also directed many episodes of Playhouse 90, Alcoa Theatre, Ben Casey, Dr. Kildare, Route 66, The Rifleman, Mr. Novak, Honey West, The Big Valley, I Spy, The Invaders and Hawaii Five-O. With I Spy, Wendkos filmed several interesting episodes but was deemed too "arty" by the producers and let go.

In 1968 Wendkos signed a five picture contract with Mirisch Productions beginning with the war films Attack on the Iron Coast and Hell Boats followed by Westerns set in Mexico but filmed in SpainGuns of the Magnificent Seven and Cannon for Cordoba. He also made the first feature film for Quinn Martin, The Mephisto Waltz.

From 1970 until his retirement in 1999, Wendkos specialized in made-for-television movies. One of these was The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988), based on a TWA hijacking in 1985, picked up five Emmy nominations, including one for Wendkos.

Wendkos was cited by film critic Andrew Sarris in his book The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968. He is also cited, along with many other directors, in The American Vein: Directors and Directions in Television by Christopher Wicking and Tise Vahimagi, Talisman Books (England), 1979, and E.P. Dutton (United States), 1979; Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 79-52675.

Wendkos married Ruth Bernat on March 1, 1953 and had one son, Jordan Elkan Wendkos. Ruth died in June, 1978. Wendkos married Lin Bolen, Former NBC VP & Producer in 1983 and they lived together happily in Malibu, California until his death. He is survived by his son, Jordan, granddaughter, Justine Wendkos, and his wife Lin Bolen Wendkos.

Wendkos was ill for several years following a stroke. He died on November 12, 2009 in Malibu, California.

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2026 A Man of Potential: Visions of Paul Wendkos, the Godard of Gidget Filme Self

Créditos da equipe técnica 91

AnoTítuloFunção
1999 Diferente Filme Director
1998 A Wing and a Prayer Filme Director
1998 Nobody Lives Forever Filme Director
1997 Mamãe Quer Que Eu Case Filme Director
1993 Message from Nam Filme Director
1993 Bloodlines: Murder in the Family Filme Director
1992 Trial: The Price of Passion Filme Director
1991 Nada Mais Que a Verdade Filme Director
1991 White Hot: O Misterioso Assassinato de Thelma Todd Filme Director
1991 The Chase Filme Director, Producer
1990 Good Cops, Bad Cops Filme Director
1990 Blind Faith TV Director, Creator (2 ep.)
1989 Cross of Fire TV Director (2 ep.)
1989 Nos Braços da Morte Filme Director
1988 Fugindo do Inferno 2 TV Director (1 ep.)
1988 Fugindo do Inferno 2: A História Verdadeira Filme Director
1988 The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story Filme Director
1987 Direito de Morrer Filme Director
1987 Six Against the Rock Filme Director
1987 Promessa de Sangue Filme Director
1987 Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies Filme Director
1986 Rage of Angels: The Story Continues Filme Director
1986 Rage of Angels: The Story Continues TV Director (2 ep.)
1985 Picking Up the Pieces Filme Director
1985 The Bad Seed Filme Director
1985 The Execution Filme Director
1984 Scorned and Swindled Filme Director
1984 Celebrity TV Director (3 ep.)
1983 The Awakening of Candra Filme Director
1983 Intimate Agony Filme Director
1983 Cocaine: One Man's Seduction Filme Director
1982 Farrell: For the People Filme Director
1981 Golden Gate Filme Director
1981 The Five of Me Filme Director
1980 A Cry for Love Filme Director
1980 The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd Filme Director
1979 Act of Violence Filme Director
1979 The Ordeal of Patty Hearst Filme Director
1978 A Woman Called Moses TV Director (2 ep.)
1978 Betrayal Filme Director
1977 79 Park Avenue TV Producer, Director (3 ep.)
1977 A Little Game Filme Director
1977 Good Against Evil Filme Director
1977 Secrets Filme Director
1977 The Death of Richie Filme Director
1976 Stalk the Wild Child Filme Producer
1976 Assalto ao Banco Filme Director
1975 Death Among Friends Filme Director
1975 A Lenda de Lizzie Borden Filme Director
1974 The Underground Man Filme Director
1973 Terror on the Beach Filme Director
1973 Hawkins TV Director (3 ep.)
1973 Honor Thy Father Filme Director
1972 The Strangers in 7A Filme Director
1972 Footsteps Filme Director
1972 Haunts of the Very Rich Filme Director
1972 The Family Rico Filme Director
1972 The Woman I Love Filme Director
1972 The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment Filme Director
1971 A Morte da Inocência Filme Director
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