Melville Shyer
Biography
From Wikipedia Melville Jacob Shyer (September 28, 1895 – September 14, 1968) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer and one of the founders of the Directors Guild of America. His career spanned over 50 years, during which he worked with Mack Sennett and D. W. Griffith. Shyer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Hattie (Schwarzenberg) and Charles Richard Shyer. His family was of German Jewish background. His son is writer and director Charles Shyer.
Known For
Scarlet Street
Assistant Director
The Killers
Assistant Director
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Assistant Director
Terror by Night
Assistant Director
The Woman in Green
Assistant Director
Son of Dracula
Assistant Director
Captive Wild Woman
Assistant Director
The Night Holds Terror
Assistant Director
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Filmography
Crew (87)
Movies (87)
Beginning of the End
1957Assistant Director
The Night Holds Terror
1955Assistant Director
Man from the Black Hills
1952Assistant Director
The Maverick
1952Assistant Director
Montana Incident
1952Assistant Director
Man from Sonora
1951Assistant Director
The Longhorn
1951Assistant Director
Arizona Territory
1950Assistant Director
Cherokee Uprising
1950Assistant Director
I Shot Billy the Kid
1950Assistant Director
Arson, Inc.
1949Assistant Director
Smart Woman
1948Assistant Director
Jungle Goddess
1948Assistant Director
Smart Politics
1948Assistant Director
The Cat Creeps
1946Assistant Director
Terror by Night
1946Assistant Director
The Killers
1946Assistant Director
Scarlet Street
1945Assistant Director
The Woman in Green
1945Assistant Director
Gun Smoke
1945Assistant Director
Jungle Woman
1944Assistant Director
Gypsy Wildcat
1944Assistant Director
All by Myself
1943Assistant Director
It Comes Up Love
1943Assistant Director
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943Assistant Director
Captive Wild Woman
1943Assistant Director
Son of Dracula
1943Assistant Director
Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943Director
Bombay Clipper
1942Assistant Director
South of Panama
1941Associate Producer
Mad Youth
1940Director
Souls in Pawn
1940Director
Slander House
1938Associate Producer
Smashing the Vice Trust
1937Director
The Bridge of Sighs
1936Assistant Director
Below the Deadline
1936Assistant Director
The Dark Hour
1936Assistant Director
Tango
1936Assistant Director
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
1936Assistant Director
Murder at Glen Athol
1936Assistant Director
Symphony of Living
1935Assistant Director
Death from a Distance
1935Assistant Director
The Lady in Scarlet
1935Assistant Director
Condemned to Live
1935Assistant Director
Gun Smoke
1935Assistant Director
False Pretenses
1935Assistant Director
A Shot in the Dark
1935Assistant Director
Circumstantial Evidence
1935Assistant Director
The Girl Who Came Back
1935Assistant Director
Happiness C.O.D.
1935Assistant Director
The Man from Hell
1934Screenplay
Green Eyes
1934Assistant Director
Fifteen Wives
1934Assistant Director
The Road to Ruin
1934Director
Stolen Sweets
1934Assistant Director
Fugitive Road
1934Assistant Director
The Ghost Walks
1934Assistant Director
Sons of Steel
1934Assistant Director
In Love with Life
1934Assistant Director
The Murder in the Museum
1934Director
City Park
1934Assistant Director
Port of Lost Dreams
1934Assistant Director
Murder on the Campus
1933Assistant Director
Twin Husbands
1933Assistant Director
Sucker Money
1933Director
Forgotten
1933Assistant Director
I Have Lived
1933Assistant Director
In the Money
1933Assistant Director
Dance, Girl, Dance
1933Assistant Director
By Appointment Only
1933Assistant Director
Notorious But Nice
1933Assistant Director
A Man of Sentiment
1933Assistant Director
A Scarlet Week-End
1932Assistant Director
The Wyoming Whirlwind
1932Assistant Director
Cross-Examination
1932Assistant Director
The Midnight Lady
1932Assistant Director
The Drifter
1932Assistant Director
The Drifter
1932Second Unit
The King Murder
1932Assistant Director
Probation
1932Assistant Director
The Secrets of Wu Sin
1932Assistant Director
Women Won't Tell
1932Assistant Director
The Hurricane Horseman
1931Assistant Director
The Lady from Nowhere
1931Assistant Director
Grief Street
1931Assistant Director
Ladies in Love
1930Assistant Director
Today
1930Assistant Director
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