Melville Shyer

Personal Info

Known For Director

Birthday 1895-09-28

Deathday 1968-09-14 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Memphis - Tennessee - USA

Also Known As Richard Shier, John Melville

Melville Shyer

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.

Known For

Director

1957
Beginning of the End

as Assistant Director

1955
The Night Holds Terror

as Assistant Director

1952
Montana Incident

as Assistant Director

1952
The Maverick

as Assistant Director

1951
Man from Sonora

as Assistant Director

1951
The Longhorn

as Assistant Director

1950
Cherokee Uprising

as Assistant Director

1950
Arizona Territory

as Assistant Director

1950
I Shot Billy the Kid

as Assistant Director

1949
Arson, Inc.

as Assistant Director

1948
Smart Politics

as Assistant Director

1948
Smart Woman

as Assistant Director

1948
Jungle Goddess

as Assistant Director

1946
The Killers

as Assistant Director

1946
Terror by Night

as Assistant Director

1946
The Cat Creeps

as Assistant Director

1945
The Woman in Green

as Assistant Director

1945
Scarlet Street

as Assistant Director

1945
Gun Smoke

as Assistant Director

1944
Gypsy Wildcat

as Assistant Director

1944
Jungle Woman

as Assistant Director

1943
It Comes Up Love

as Assistant Director

1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

as Assistant Director

1943
All by Myself

as Assistant Director

1943
Captive Wild Woman

as Assistant Director

1943
Son of Dracula

as Assistant Director

1942
Bombay Clipper

as Assistant Director

1940
Mad Youth

as Director

1940
Souls in Pawn

as Director

1937
1936
The Dark Hour

as Assistant Director

1936
Tango

as Assistant Director

1936
The Bridge of Sighs

as Assistant Director

1936
Murder at Glen Athol

as Assistant Director

1936
Below the Deadline

as Assistant Director

1936
1935
The Girl Who Came Back

as Assistant Director

1935
Symphony of Living

as Assistant Director

1935
Circumstantial Evidence

as Assistant Director

1935
A Shot in the Dark

as Assistant Director

1935
Gun Smoke

as Assistant Director

1935
Condemned to Live

as Assistant Director

1935
Happiness C.O.D.

as Assistant Director

1935
Death from a Distance

as Assistant Director

1935
False Pretenses

as Assistant Director

1935
The Lady in Scarlet

as Assistant Director

1934
The Road to Ruin

as Director

1934
1934
Stolen Sweets

as Assistant Director

1934
Fugitive Road

as Assistant Director

1934
The Ghost Walks

as Assistant Director

1934
Fifteen Wives

as Assistant Director

1934
In Love with Life

as Assistant Director

1934
City Park

as Assistant Director

1934
Green Eyes

as Assistant Director

1934
Sons of Steel

as Assistant Director

1934
Port of Lost Dreams

as Assistant Director

1933
Sucker Money

as Director

1933
I Have Lived

as Assistant Director

1933
Notorious But Nice

as Assistant Director

1933
By Appointment Only

as Assistant Director

1933
Murder on the Campus

as Assistant Director

1933
Dance, Girl, Dance

as Assistant Director

1933
A Man of Sentiment

as Assistant Director

1933
In the Money

as Assistant Director

1933
Twin Husbands

as Assistant Director

1933
Forgotten

as Assistant Director

1932
The Drifter

as Assistant Director

1932
Cross-Examination

as Assistant Director

1932
The Midnight Lady

as Assistant Director

1932
Probation

as Assistant Director

1932
The King Murder

as Assistant Director

1932
The Secrets of Wu Sin

as Assistant Director

1932
Women Won't Tell

as Assistant Director

1932
A Scarlet Week-End

as Assistant Director

1932
The Wyoming Whirlwind

as Assistant Director

1931
Grief Street

as Assistant Director

1931
The Lady from Nowhere

as Assistant Director

1931
The Hurricane Horseman

as Assistant Director

1930
Today

as Assistant Director

1930
Ladies in Love

as Assistant Director

Producer

1941
South of Panama

as Associate Producer

1938
Slander House

as Associate Producer

Crew

1932
The Drifter

as Second Unit

Writer

1934
The Man from Hell

as Screenplay