Director
Alfred L. Werker
129 years · Deadwood, South Dakota, USA · 50 films
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alfred L. Werker (December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975) was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957. After a number of film production jobs and assistant directing, Werker co-directed his first film, Ridin' the Wind in 1925 alongside director Del Andrews. He was brought in by Fox Film Corporation executives to re-shoot and re-edit Erich von Stroheim's film Hello, Sister! (1933), co-starring Boots Mallory and ZaSu Pitts. Most of Werker's work is unremarkable, but a few were well received by critics. Those films included House of Rothschild (1934) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); the latter film is considered one of the best in the Sherlock Holmes series. During the early 1940s, he directed a number of comedies including Laurel & Hardy's A-Haunting We Will Go (1942). In the late 1940s, Werker worked for the B-picture film studio Eagle-Lion Films. Notable films from that period include the unique mystery thriller Repeat Performance and He Walked by Night. The latter film, however, was taken over by uncredited director Anthony Mann. Werker was nominated in 1949 for the Locarno International Film Festival's Best Police Film category for He Walked By Night (1948) and won. The following year, Alfred was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for Lost Boundaries (1949) but was unsuccessful. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfred L. Werker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best known for
Filmography 50
The Young Don't Cry
1957 · Director
Rebel in Town
1956 · Director
At Gunpoint
1955 · Director
Canyon Crossroads
1955 · Director
On Amazon Prime Video
Three Hours to Kill
1954 · Director
On fuboTV
Devil's Canyon
1953 · Director
The Last Posse
1953 · Director
On Plex
Walk East on Beacon
1952 · Director
Sealed Cargo
1951 · Director
Lost Boundaries
1949 · Director
He Walked by Night
1949 · Director
On Plex
Pirates of Monterey
1947 · Director
Repeat Performance
1947 · Director
On Kanopy
Shock
1946 · Director
My Pal, Wolf
1944 · Director
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 · Director
Whispering Ghosts
1942 · Director
The Mad Martindales
1942 · Director
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941 · Director
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 · Director
On Disney Plus
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939 · Director
On Hoopla
News Is Made at Night
1939 · Director
It Could Happen to You
1939 · Director
Up the River
1938 · Director