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Paul Wendkos (Settembre 20, 1922; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Novembre 12, 2009; Malibu, California) was an American television and film director. Following wartime service in the US Navy and attending Columbia University on the GI Bill Wendkos made his first feature, a documentary on a school for the blind chiama Dark Interlude nel 1953. Wendkos s first feature film was The Burglar . Wendkos s fluid camera technique caught the attention of the head of Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn who not only wished to distribute the film, but put Wendkos on a contract. A variety of film followed for Columbia beginning with the hard-hitting crime drama The Case Against Brooklyn, two suspenseful era dramma Tarawa Beachhead and Battle of the Coral Sea, the youth-oriented Gidget and two sequels Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Gidget Goes to Rome as well as Because They're Young. Wendkos, quindi, directed many episodes of Playhouse 90, Alcoa Theatre, Ben Casey, il Dottor Kildare, Route 66, The Rifleman, il Signor Novak, Honey West, The Big Valley, I Spy, The Invaders and Hawaii Five-O. With Spy, Wendkos filmed several interesting episodes but cosa deemed too "arty" by the producers and let go. Nel 1968 Wendkos signed a five picture contract with Mirisch Productions beginning with the war film Attack on the Iron Coast and Hell Boats followed by Western set in Mexico but filmed in SpainGuns of the Magnificent Seven and Cannon for Cordoba. He also made the first feature film for Quinn Martin, The Mephisto Waltz. From 1970 until his pensionamento nel 1999, Wendkos, specializzata in made-for-movies television. One of these was The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988), based on a TWA dirottamento nel 1985, picked up five nominations agli Emmy, including one for Wendkos. Wendkos cosa cited by film critic Andrew Sarris in his book The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968. He is also cited, along with many other amministrazione, in The American Vein: Directors and Directions in Television by Christopher Wicking and Tise Vahimagi, Talisman Books (Inghilterra), 1979, and E. P. Dutton (United States), 1979; Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 79-52675. Wendkos married Ruth Bernat on March 1, 1953 and had one son, Giordano Elkan Wendkos. Ruth died in June, 1978. Wendkos married Lin Bolen, Former NBC VP & Producer nel 1983, and they vissuto la loro utilità together felicemente a Malibu, in California until his death. He is survived by his son, Giordano, granddaughter, Justine Wendkos, and his wife Lin Bolen Wendkos. Wendkos che ill for several years following a stroke. He died on Novembre 12, 2009 a Malibu, in California.