About

Known credits:
43
Birthday:
1923-03-09
Place of birth:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Website:
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Fielder Cook

Overview

Fielder Cook (March 9, 1923 – June 20, 2003) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cook graduated with honor with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from Washington and Lee University, then studied Elizabethan Drama at the University of Birmingham in England. He returned to the United States and began his career in the early days of television, directing many episodes of such anthology series as Lux Video Theater, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Playhouse 90, Omnibus, and Kraft Television Theatre. In later years, he directed the television movies Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, Gauguin the Savage, Family Reunion, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Will There Really Be a Morning?, and others; adaptations of The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, Brigadoon, Beauty and the Beast, The Price, Miracle on 34th Street, and The Member of the Wedding; and episodes of Ben Casey, The Defenders, and Beacon Hill.

Cook's credits for feature films include A Big Hand for the Little Lady, How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968), Prudence and the Pill (1968, co-director), From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973), Eagle in a Cage, and Seize the Day.

Known for

Directing
1997 The Member of the Wedding Directing Director 58
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1987 A Special Friendship Directing Director N/A
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1986 Seize the Day Directing Director 58
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1984 Why Me? Directing Director 58
Average
1983 Will There Really Be a Morning? Directing Director 59
Average
1981 Family Reunion Directing Director 59
Average
1980 Gauguin the Savage Directing Director N/A
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1979 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Directing Director 58
Average
1979 Too Far to Go Directing Director 58
Average
1978 A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story Directing Director 59
Average
1976 Beauty and the Beast Directing Director 58
Average
1976 Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys Directing Director 59
Average
1975 Valley Forge Directing Director N/A
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1975 Miles To Go Before I Sleep Directing Director N/A
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1974 This Is the West That Was Directing Director N/A
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1973 Miracle on 34th Street Directing Director 59
Average
1973 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Directing Director 59
Average
1972 The Hands of Cormac Joyce Directing Director 58
Average
1972 Harvey Directing Director 59
Average
1972 Eagle in a Cage Directing Director 59
Average
1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story Directing Director 59
Average
1971 Neighbors Directing Director N/A
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1971 Enemies Directing Director N/A
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1971 Goodbye, Raggedy Ann Directing Director N/A
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1971 The Price Directing Director N/A
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1971 Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? Directing Director 59
Average
1969 Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall Directing Director N/A
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1969 Teacher, Teacher Directing Director N/A
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1968 Prudence and the Pill Directing Director 58
Average
1968 How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life Directing Director 58
Average
1966 Brigadoon Directing Director 59
Average
1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady Directing Director 60
Fair
1962 Big Deal in Laredo Directing Director N/A
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1962 The Farmer's Daughter Directing Director N/A
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1961 The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon Directing Director N/A
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1961 A String of Beads Directing Director N/A
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1959 Home Is the Hero Directing Director N/A
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1956 Patterns Directing Director 60
Fair
1955 Patterns Directing Director N/A
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Production
1971 Goodbye, Raggedy Ann Production Executive Producer N/A
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1966 Brigadoon Production Producer 59
Average
1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady Production Producer 60
Fair
1962 Big Deal in Laredo Production Executive Producer N/A
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