William Witney

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William Witney
Born	William Nuelsen Witney 15 May 1915 Lawton, Oklahoma, US
Died	March 17, 2002 (aged 86) Jackson, California, US
Other name(s)	William Whitney Bill Witney William N. Witney
Years active	1939 – 1982
Spouse(s)	Maxine Doyle (1938 – 1973) Beverly (1977 – 2002)

William Nuelsen Witney (15 May 1915 – 17 March 2002) was an American film director. He is most famous for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu.

He directed a large number of Western films over his career, and is credited with devising the modern system of filming movie fight sequences in a series of carefully choreographed shots, which he patterned after the musical sequences of American director Busby Berkeley. Prolific and pugnacious, Witney began directing while still in his 20s, and continued up until the late 1960s.

Quentin Tarantino singles him out as one of his favorite directors, particularly for The Golden Stallion (1949), a Roy Rogers vehicle^[1]. Witney also directed Master of the World (1961) starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson.

[edit] Further Reading

• "In a Door, Into a Fight, Out a Door, Into a Chase: Moviemaking Remembered by the Guy at the Door" by William Witney (McFarland & Company). ISBN 0786422580.
• "Trigger Remembered" by William Witney (Earl Blair Enterprises). ASIN B0006EYMSG.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• William Witney at the Internet Movie Database

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