About

Known credits:
36
Birthday:
1938-03-08
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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Lewis Teague

Overview

Lewis Teague (born 8 March 1938 in Brooklyn, New York) is a film director, whose work includes Alligator, Cat's Eye, Cujo, The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!, Navy SEALs and The Triangle. He apprenticed with Sydney Pollack at Universal Television, and was a production manager on the rock concert documentary Woodstock (1970).

Teague found gainful employment working for Roger Corman throughout the 1970s: he handled second-unit director chores on Death Race 2000 (1975), Thunder and Lightning (1977) and Avalanche (1978) and served as an editor for Monte Hellman's Cockfighter (1974) and Jonathan Demme's Crazy Mama (1975). Teague was also second-unit director on Samuel Fuller's World War II movie, The Big Red One (1980).

Made his feature debut as the co-director of Dirty O'Neil (1974). He followed this with the Depression-era crime exploitation movie The Lady in Red (1979), which he also edited. The horror-creature feature Alligator (1980) and the urban vigilante film Fighting Back (1980) (TV) followed. Teague directed two Stephen King adaptations in the 1980s, Cujo (1983) and the anthology film Cat's Eye (1985). His other films include The Jewel of the Nile (1985), the action movie Navy Seals (1990), the science fiction offering Wedlock (1991) and the made-for-TV movie The Triangle (2001) (TV). In addition to his film work, Teague has directed episodes of such TV shows as "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1962), "Barnaby Jones" (1973), "Shannon's Deal" (1990), "Profiler" (1996) and "Nash Bridges" (1996). After a five-year absence from directing, Teague directed the dramatic short Cante Jondo (2007).

Known for

Acting

2023 King on Screen Actor Self 59
Average
2023 Enough Is Enough Actor Self N/A
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2011 American Grindhouse Actor Himself 59
Average
2007 Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' Actor Self 58
Average
1976 Hollywood Boulevard Actor Party Guest (uncredited) 58
Average
1975 Death Race 2000 Actor Toreador (uncredited) 59
Average

Directing

2001 The Triangle Directing Director 57
Average
2001 Love and Treason Directing Director N/A
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1997 The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! Directing Director 58
Average
1995 Saved By The Light Directing Director 58
Average
1995 OP Center Directing Director 58
Average
1992 T Bone N Weasel Directing Director 58
Average
1991 Wedlock Directing Director 58
Average
1990 Navy Seals Directing Director 57
Average
1989 Shannon's Deal Directing Director N/A
N/A
1989 Collision Course Directing Director 57
Average
1985 The Jewel of the Nile Directing Director 61
Fair
1985 Cat's Eye Directing Director 63
Fair
1983 Cujo Directing Director 60
Fair
1982 Fighting Back Directing Director 58
Average
1980 Alligator Directing Director 59
Average
1980 The Big Red One Directing Second Unit Director 61
Fair
1979 The Lady in Red Directing Director 58
Average
1979 Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
1977 Thunder and Lightning Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
1975 Death Race 2000 Directing Second Unit Director 59
Average
1974 Dirty O'Neil Directing Director 58
Average
1964 It's About This Carpenter Directing Director N/A
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Production

1970 Woodstock Production Production Manager 64
Fair

Crew

1970 Bongo Wolf’s Revenge Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A

Editing

1987 Walk On The Wild Side Editing Editor 60
Fair
1979 The Lady in Red Editing Editor 58
Average
1975 Crazy Mama Editing Editor 58
Average
1975 Death Race 2000 Editing Associate Editor 59
Average
1974 Summer Run Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1974 Cockfighter Editing Editor 58
Average