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.
Filmography
all 85
Movies 85
Director 82
Producer 2
Writer 1
Assistant Director
Beginning of the End (1957)
Movie
2.67
Assistant Director
The Night Holds Terror (1955)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Maverick (1952)
Movie
Assistant Director
Montana Incident (1952)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Longhorn (1951)
Movie
Assistant Director
Man from Sonora (1951)
Movie
Assistant Director
Cherokee Uprising (1950)
Movie
Assistant Director
I Shot Billy the Kid (1950)
Movie
Assistant Director
Arizona Territory (1950)
Movie
Assistant Director
Arson, Inc. (1949)
Movie
Assistant Director
Jungle Goddess (1948)
Movie
2.67
Assistant Director
Smart Woman (1948)
Movie
Assistant Director
Smart Politics (1948)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Killers (1946)
Movie
4
Assistant Director
The Cat Creeps (1946)
Movie
Assistant Director
Terror by Night (1946)
Movie
4.33
Assistant Director
Scarlet Street (1945)
Movie
6
Assistant Director
The Woman in Green (1945)
Movie
4.33
Assistant Director
Gun Smoke (1945)
Movie
Assistant Director
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
Movie
Assistant Director
Jungle Woman (1944)
Movie
Assistant Director
Son of Dracula (1943)
Movie
5.63
Assistant Director
All by Myself (1943)
Movie
Assistant Director
Captive Wild Woman (1943)
Movie
Assistant Director
It Comes Up Love (1943)
Movie
Assistant Director
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Movie
5.64
Assistant Director
Bombay Clipper (1942)
Movie
Associate Producer
South of Panama (1941)
Movie
Director
Souls in Pawn (1940)
Movie
Director
Mad Youth (1940)
Movie
Associate Producer
Slander House (1938)
Movie
Assistant Director
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did) (1936)
Movie
Assistant Director
Below the Deadline (1936)
Movie
Assistant Director
Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Dark Hour (1936)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
Movie
Assistant Director
Tango (1936)
Movie
Assistant Director
False Pretenses (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Lady in Scarlet (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
Happiness C.O.D. (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Girl Who Came Back (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
Condemned to Live (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
Death from a Distance (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
Gun Smoke (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
Circumstantial Evidence (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
A Shot in the Dark (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
Symphony of Living (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
Sons of Steel (1934)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Ghost Walks (1934)
Movie
3.67
Assistant Director
Port of Lost Dreams (1934)
Movie
Assistant Director
Fugitive Road (1934)
Movie
Assistant Director
Fifteen Wives (1934)
Movie
Assistant Director
Green Eyes (1934)
Movie
Director
The Road to Ruin (1934)
Movie
Assistant Director
In Love with Life (1934)
Movie
Assistant Director
City Park (1934)
Movie
Assistant Director
Stolen Sweets (1934)
Movie
Assistant Director
Murder on the Campus (1933)
Movie
Assistant Director
Twin Husbands (1933)
Movie
Assistant Director
In the Money (1933)
Movie
Assistant Director
A Man of Sentiment (1933)
Movie
Assistant Director
Dance, Girl, Dance (1933)
Movie
Assistant Director
Notorious But Nice (1933)
Movie
Assistant Director
By Appointment Only (1933)
Movie
Assistant Director
I Have Lived (1933)
Movie
Director
Sucker Money (1933)
Movie
Assistant Director
Forgotten (1933)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932)
Movie
Assistant Director
A Scarlet Week-End (1932)
Movie
Assistant Director
Women Won't Tell (1932)
Movie
Assistant Director
The King Murder (1932)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Midnight Lady (1932)
Movie
Assistant Director
Probation (1932)
Movie
Assistant Director
Cross-Examination (1932)
Movie
Second Unit / Assistant Director
The Drifter (1932)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Hurricane Horseman (1931)
Movie
Assistant Director
Grief Street (1931)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Lady from Nowhere (1931)
Movie
Assistant Director
Today (1930)
Movie
Assistant Director
Ladies in Love (1930)
Movie
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1895-09-28
Deathday1968-09-14 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceChattanooga, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsRichard Shier, John Melville
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