About

Known credits:
81
Birthday:
1899-04-22
Place of birth:
Portland, Oregon, USA
Website:
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Byron Haskin

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1980 Hollywood Actor Self 72
Good

Directing
1968 The Power Directing Director 59
Average
1964 Robinson Crusoe on Mars Directing Director 59
Average
1963 Captain Sindbad Directing Director 58
Average
1961 Armored Command Directing Director 58
Average
1960 September Storm Directing Director 58
Average
1959 Jet Over The Atlantic Directing Director 58
Average
1959 The Little Savage Directing Director 58
Average
1958 From the Earth to the Moon Directing Director 58
Average
1956 The Boss Directing Director 58
Average
1956 The First Texan Directing Director 58
Average
1956 Affair in Sumatra Directing Director N/A
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1955 Conquest of Space Directing Director 58
Average
1954 Long John Silver Directing Director 58
Average
1954 The Naked Jungle Directing Director 59
Average
1954 His Majesty O'Keefe Directing Director 58
Average
1953 The War of the Worlds Directing Director 63
Fair
1952 Denver and Rio Grande Directing Director 58
Average
1951 Silver City Directing Director 59
Average
1951 Warpath Directing Director 58
Average
1951 Tarzan's Peril Directing Director 58
Average
1950 Treasure Island Directing Director 60
Fair
1949 Too Late for Tears Directing Director 60
Fair
1948 Man-Eater of Kumaon Directing Director 58
Average
1947 I Walk Alone Directing Director 59
Average
1940 Gambling on the High Seas Directing Other 58
Average
1927 Ginsberg the Great Directing Director N/A
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1927 Irish Hearts Directing Director N/A
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Demon with a Glass Hand Directing Director N/A
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Production
1966 Star Trek Production Producer 79
Good
1930 Rookery Nook Production Production Supervisor N/A
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1929 Black Waters Production Supervising Producer N/A
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Camera
1937 Green Light Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1936 Stage Struck Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1936 I Married a Doctor Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1936 Colleen Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1935 Personal Maid's Secret Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1935 Black Fury Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1931 The Guilty Generation Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1929 Glad Rag Doll Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1928 The Singing Fool Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1927 When a Man Loves Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1926 Across the Pacific Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1926 Don Juan Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1926 The Sea Beast Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1925 The Golden Cocoon Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1922 Broken Chains Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace Crew Special Effects 70
Good
1942 Across the Pacific Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1942 Wings for the Eagle Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1942 In This Our Life Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1942 Always in My Heart Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1942 Bullet Scars Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1942 Captains of the Clouds Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1941 Manpower Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1941 The Wagons Roll at Night Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1941 The Great Lie Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1941 The Sea Wolf Crew Special Effects 60
Fair
1941 Dive Bomber Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1940 Santa Fe Trail Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1940 Knute Rockne All American Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1940 City for Conquest Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1940 Flowing Gold Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1940 The Sea Hawk Crew Special Effects 61
Fair
1940 They Drive by Night Crew Special Effects 60
Fair
1940 Torrid Zone Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1940 It All Came True Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1940 Virginia City Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1940 Castle on the Hudson Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1939 Invisible Stripes Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1939 Dust Be My Destiny Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1939 Dodge City Crew Special Effects 60
Fair
1937 Submarine D-1 Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1934 As the Earth Turns Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1930 Canaries Sometimes Sing Crew Technical Supervisor N/A
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1930 On Approval Crew Technical Supervisor N/A
N/A
1929 The Redeeming Sin Crew Cinematography N/A
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1928 Caught in the Fog Crew Cinematography N/A
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1925 Where the Worst Begins Crew Cinematography N/A
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