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Lew Landers (born Louis Friedlander, January 2, 1901 – December 16, 1962) was an American independent film and television director.[1]

Lew Landers
Born
Louis Friedlander

(1901-01-02)January 2, 1901
New York City, U.S.
DiedDecember 16, 1962(1962-12-16) (aged 61)
Palm Desert, California, U.S.
Other namesLouis Friedlander
Louis Friedländer
Louis Friendlander
OccupationFilm and television director

Biography


Born as Louis Friedlander in New York City, Lew Landers began his movie career as an actor. In 1914, he appeared in two features: D.W. Griffith's drama The Escape and the comedy short Admission – Two Pins, under his birth name. He became an assistant director at Universal Pictures in 1922.[2] He began making films in the 1930s, one of his early ones being the Boris Karloff / Bela Lugosi thriller The Raven (1935).[3] After directing a few more features, he changed his name to Lew Landers and directed more than 100 films in a variety of genres, including Westerns, comedies, and horror movies. He worked for every major film studio—and many minor ones—during his career. Since 1943, he began to alternate his movie work with directing television series,[2] including two episodes of Adventures of Superman and the campy Captain John Smith and Pocahontas.

On December 16, 1962, Landers died of a heart attack in Palm Desert, California.[2] His grave is located at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.

Actor Jim McKrell played a TV news reporter named Lew Landers in two films directed by Joe Dante: The Howling (1981) and Gremlins (1984).


Partial filmography



References


  1. "Lew Landers". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013.
  2. "Obituaries". Variety. December 19, 1962. p. 79.
  3. F.S.N. (July 5, 1935). "The Raven (1935) THE SCREEN; " The Raven," With Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, Is a Horror Film in More Than One Sense". The New York Times.


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Lew Landers (2 de enero de 1901 - 16 de diciembre de 1962) posiblemente sea uno de los directores más prolíficos de la industria cinematográfica de los Estados Unidos. Su verdadero nombre era Louis Friedländer, y así figura en los créditos de sus primeras incursiones en el cine en los años 1930 para Universal Pictures. Fue en esa década cuando comenzó a realizar películas, siendo una de las primeras El cuervo (1935), protagonizada por la dupla Boris Karloff/Béla Lugosi). Landers dirigió muchos tipos de films, entre los que se incluyen westerns, comedias y películas de terror, llegando a trabajar para todos los principales estudios cinematográficos en sus más de 150 obras. Años más tarde, durante los años 1950, trabajó en televisión. En este período, dirigió durante una semana dos episodios de Aventuras de Superman la serie para la American Broadcasting Company filmada en blanco y negro.


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