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William Witney
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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 pugnacious, Witney began directing while still in his 20s, and continued until 1982.
Quentin Tarantino singles out Witney as one of his favorite directors, particularly for The Golden Stallion (1949), a Roy Rogers vehicle.[2] Witney also directed Master of the World (1961) starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson.
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As director
Quell and Co.
Darktown Strutters
I Escaped from Devil's Island
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
40 Guns to Apache Pass
Spy Smasher Returns
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Dr. Satan's Robot
The Girls on the Beach
Arizona Raiders
Apache Rifles
Master of the World
The Cat Burglar
The Long Rope
The Secret of the Purple Reef
Valley of the Redwoods
Paratroop Command
Young and Wild
The Bonnie Parker Story
The Cool and the Crazy
Juvenile Jungle
Panama Sal
Stranger at My Door
A Strange Adventure
City of Shadows
Santa Fe Passage
Headline Hunters
The Fighting Chance
The Outcast
Shadows of Tombstone
