Lesley Selander
🎬 Director

Lesley Selander

🎂 Born 26 May 1900 (age 79)5 December 1979📍 Los Angeles, California, USA
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134
Directed

From Wikipedia. Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and science fiction movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936). To this day, Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. In 1956, he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of Lassie.

Directed Films(134)

Flat Top
4.6
Flat Top
1952
Director
The Raiders
6.3
The Raiders
1952
Director
Desert Sands
5.0
Desert Sands
1955
Director
The Roundup
9.0
The Roundup
1941
Director
Town Tamer
6.8
Town Tamer
1965
Director
Fort Algiers
6.0
Fort Algiers
1953
Director
Tall Man Riding
5.8
Tall Man Riding
1955
Director
Fort Yuma
5.3
Fort Yuma
1955
Director
Convict Stage
6.4
Convict Stage
1965
Director
Flight to Mars
5.2
Flight to Mars
1951
Director
War Paint
5.6
War Paint
1953
Director
The Frontiersmen
5.8
The Frontiersmen
1938
Director
Tomahawk Trail
6.0
Tomahawk Trail
1957
Director
Fort Osage
6.5
Fort Osage
1952
Director
Lost Canyon
6.3
Lost Canyon
1942
Director
Fort Utah
4.3
Fort Utah
1967
Director
Panhandle
5.8
Panhandle
1948
Director
Shotgun
5.6
Shotgun
1955
Director
Arizona Bushwhackers
4.3
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
Director
The Broken Star
6.9
The Broken Star
1956
Director
Sky Dragon
8.0
Sky Dragon
1949
Director
Heart of Arizona
5.5
Heart of Arizona
1938
Director
Riders of the Timberline
4.5
Riders of the Timberline
1941
Director
The Vampire's Ghost
5.5
The Vampire's Ghost
1945
Director
Road Agent
7.0
Road Agent
1952
Director
Arrow In The Dust
6.3
Arrow In The Dust
1954
Director
Revolt at Fort Laramie
6.6
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957
Director
Cow Country
4.6
Cow Country
1953
Director
Belle Starr's Daughter
5.1
Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
Director
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
6.6
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
1958
Director
Riders of the Range
6.3
Riders of the Range
1950
Director
Sandflow
9.0
Sandflow
1937
Director
Battle Zone
5.5
Battle Zone
1952
Director
Wide Open Town
6.5
Wide Open Town
1941
Director
Short Grass
6.5
Short Grass
1950
Director
Stick to Your Guns
5.7
Stick to Your Guns
1941
Director
The Light of Western Stars
5.0
The Light of Western Stars
1940
Director
The Texican
5.5
The Texican
1966
Director
The Kangaroo Kid
7.5
The Kangaroo Kid
1950
Director
Forty Thieves
5.0
Forty Thieves
1944
Director
Stampede
6.3
Stampede
1949
Director
The Barrier
10.0
The Barrier
1937
Director
Stagecoach War
6.0
Stagecoach War
1940
Director
Bandit Ranger
4.7
Bandit Ranger
1942
Director
Colt Comrades
5.9
Colt Comrades
1943
Director
Fort Vengeance
6.4
Fort Vengeance
1953
Director
The Yellow Tomahawk
6.6
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
Director
Heritage of the Desert
6.6
Heritage of the Desert
1939
Director
Bar 20
4.9
Bar 20
1943
Director
War Party
6.3
War Party
1965
Director
Trail of Kit Carson
7.0
Trail of Kit Carson
1945
Director
Rustlers
6.3
Rustlers
1949
Director
Empty Saddles
10.0
Empty Saddles
1936
Director
Cavalry Scout
6.0
Cavalry Scout
1951
Director
Border Patrol
6.2
Border Patrol
1943
Director
Saddle Legion
6.8
Saddle Legion
1951
Director
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
5.2
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956
Director
Robin Hood Of Texas
7.0
Robin Hood Of Texas
1947
Director
Night Train to Memphis
9.0
Night Train to Memphis
1946
Director
Blackmail
4.2
Blackmail
1947
Director
Fury
Fury
1955
Director
Doomed Caravan
5.3
Doomed Caravan
1941
Director
Bar 20 Justice
5.4
Bar 20 Justice
1938
Director
Pride of the West
6.5
Pride of the West
1938
Director
Red River Robin Hood
6.2
Red River Robin Hood
1942
Director
Cherokee Strip
5.5
Cherokee Strip
1940
Director
The Pilgrim Lady
6.0
The Pilgrim Lady
1947
Director
Cassidy of Bar 20
6.0
Cassidy of Bar 20
1938
Director
Indian Agent
5.9
Indian Agent
1948
Director
Silver on the Sage
6.5
Silver on the Sage
1939
Director
Saddle Pals
6.5
Saddle Pals
1947
Director
Traffic in Crime
6.7
Traffic in Crime
1946
Director
Riders of the Deadline
5.3
Riders of the Deadline
1943
Director
Buckskin Frontier
7.0
Buckskin Frontier
1943
Director
I Was an American Spy
6.6
I Was an American Spy
1951
Director
Thundering Hoofs
4.9
Thundering Hoofs
1942
Director
Partners of the Plains
5.0
Partners of the Plains
1938
Director
Guns of Hate
6.0
Guns of Hate
1948
Director
Return from the Sea
6.0
Return from the Sea
1954
Director
The Red Stallion
10.0
The Red Stallion
1947
Director
Three Men from Texas
6.6
Three Men from Texas
1940
Director
Law of the Badlands
6.5
Law of the Badlands
1951
Director
Dragonfly Squadron
6.5
Dragonfly Squadron
1954
Director
Desert Passage
5.0
Desert Passage
1952
Director
Hidden Gold
5.8
Hidden Gold
1940
Director
Sheriff of Las Vegas
5.5
Sheriff of Las Vegas
1944
Director
Fort Courageous
5.1
Fort Courageous
1965
Director
Last Frontier Uprising
10.0
Last Frontier Uprising
1947
Director
The Wayward Girl
8.0
The Wayward Girl
1957
Director
Passkey to Danger
8.0
Passkey to Danger
1946
Director
The Mysterious Rider
7.3
The Mysterious Rider
1938
Director
The Fatal Witness
6.0
The Fatal Witness
1945
Director
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
6.5
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
1936
Director
Outlaw's Son
6.2
Outlaw's Son
1957
Director
Call of the Rockies
6.3
Call of the Rockies
1944
Director
Rider from Tucson
7.0
Rider from Tucson
1950
Director
Sheriff of Sundown
9.0
Sheriff of Sundown
1944
Director
Strike It Rich
8.0
Strike It Rich
1948
Director
Brothers in the Saddle
5.8
Brothers in the Saddle
1949
Director
Hopalong Rides Again
6.3
Hopalong Rides Again
1937
Director
The Mysterious Desperado
6.7
The Mysterious Desperado
1949
Director
Sunset Trail
6.3
Sunset Trail
1939
Director
Storm Over Wyoming
6.3
Storm Over Wyoming
1950
Director
Renegade Trail
5.0
Renegade Trail
1939
Director
Fighter Attack
4.5
Fighter Attack
1953
Director
Taming Sutton’s Gal
9.0
Taming Sutton’s Gal
1957
Director
Gunplay
7.0
Gunplay
1951
Director
Dakota Lil
5.4
Dakota Lil
1950
Director
The Highwayman
10.0
The Highwayman
1951
Director
Jungle Raiders
7.0
Jungle Raiders
1945
Director
The Catman of Paris
5.6
The Catman of Paris
1946
Director
Cheyenne Wildcat
6.0
Cheyenne Wildcat
1944
Director
Smoke Tree Range
7.0
Smoke Tree Range
1937
Director
Range War
6.5
Range War
1939
Director
Santa Fe Marshal
6.3
Santa Fe Marshal
1940
Director
Knights of the Range
7.0
Knights of the Range
1940
Director
Pistol Harvest
6.5
Pistol Harvest
1951
Director
Trail Guide
6.3
Trail Guide
1952
Director
Masked Raiders
6.7
Masked Raiders
1949
Director
Out California Way
7.5
Out California Way
1946
Director
Rio Grande Patrol
6.5
Rio Grande Patrol
1950
Director
Overland Telegraph
7.0
Overland Telegraph
1951
Director
The Royal African Rifles
9.0
The Royal African Rifles
1953
Director
Bordertown Trail
9.0
Bordertown Trail
1944
Director
Undercover Man
5.7
Undercover Man
1942
Director
Firebrands of Arizona
8.0
Firebrands of Arizona
1944
Director
Lumberjack
5.8
Lumberjack
1944
Director
Great Stagecoach Robbery
7.0
Great Stagecoach Robbery
1945
Director
Black Aces
5.6
Black Aces
1937
Director
Pirates on Horseback
6.0
Pirates on Horseback
1941
Director
Ride 'Em Cowboy
10.0
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1936
Director
Stagecoach to Monterey
7.0
Stagecoach to Monterey
1944
Director
Phantom of the Plains
7.0
Phantom of the Plains
1945
Director
Left-Handed Law
7.0
Left-Handed Law
1937
Director
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