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William Witney

Born
May 15, 1915 · Aged 86
Died
Mar 17, 2002
Place of birth
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
6
TV credits
0
Directing credits
122
Also known as (2)
  • William Whitney
  • William N. Witney

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Nuelsen Witney (15 May 1915 – 17 March 2002) was an American film and television director. He is best remembered 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 many Westerns during 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.[1] Prolific and…