Lewis Teague

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1938-03-08 (86 years old)

Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Lewis Teague

Biography

Lewis Teague (born 8 March 1938 in Brooklyn, New York) is a film director, whose work includes Alligator, Cat's Eye, Cujo, The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!, Navy SEALs and The Triangle. He apprenticed with Sydney Pollack at Universal Television, and was a production manager on the rock concert documentary Woodstock (1970). Teague found gainful employment working for Roger Corman throughout the 1970s: he handled second-unit director chores on Death Race 2000 (1975), Thunder and Lightning (1977) and Avalanche (1978) and served as an editor for Monte Hellman's Cockfighter (1974) and Jonathan Demme's Crazy Mama (1975). Teague was also second-unit director on Samuel Fuller's World War II movie, The Big Red One (1980). Made his feature debut as the co-director of Dirty O'Neil (1974). He followed this with the Depression-era crime exploitation movie The Lady in Red (1979), which he also edited. The horror-creature feature Alligator (1980) and the urban vigilante film Fighting Back (1980) (TV) followed. Teague directed two Stephen King adaptations in the 1980s, Cujo (1983) and the anthology film Cat's Eye (1985). His other films include The Jewel of the Nile (1985), the action movie Navy Seals (1990), the science fiction offering Wedlock (1991) and the made-for-TV movie The Triangle (2001) (TV). In addition to his film work, Teague has directed episodes of such TV shows as "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1962), "Barnaby Jones" (1973), "Shannon's Deal" (1990), "Profiler" (1996) and "Nash Bridges" (1996). After a five-year absence from directing, Teague directed the dramatic short Cante Jondo (2007).

Known For

Director

2001
The Triangle

as Director

2001
Love and Treason

as Director

1996
Nash Bridges

as Director

1996
Profiler

as Director

1995
OP Center

as Director

1995
Saved By The Light

as Director

1993
Time Trax

as Director

1992
T Bone N Weasel

as Director

1991
Wedlock

as Director

1990
Navy Seals

as Director

1989
Shannon's Deal

as Director

1989
Collision Course

as Director

1985
1985
Cat's Eye

as Director

1983
Cujo

as Director

1982
Fighting Back

as Director

1981
Riker

as Director

1980
The Big Red One

as Second Unit Director

1980
Alligator

as Director

1979
The Lady in Red

as Director

1979
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

as Second Unit Director

1979
1977
Thunder and Lightning

as Second Unit Director

1975
Death Race 2000

as Second Unit Director

1974
Dirty O'Neil

as Director

Editor

1987
1979
The Lady in Red

as Editor

1975
Crazy Mama

as Editor

1975
Death Race 2000

as Associate Editor

1974
Cockfighter

as Editor

1974
Summer Run

as Editor

Actor

2023
2011
1976
Hollywood Boulevard

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1975
Death Race 2000

as Toreador (uncredited)

Producer

1970
Woodstock

as Production Manager