After graduation from the University of California at Berkeley, Byron Haskin worked for a time as a newspaper cartoonist. He began his career in the film industry, in 1920, as a commercial-industrial movie photographer, and then as a cameraman for Pathe and International Newsreel. Later he became an assistant director at Selznick Productions. He ...
April 16, 1984, Montecito, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Portland, Oregon, USA
Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)
Profession
Special Effects, Director, Cinematographer
Awards
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement, Retro Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Star Sign
Taurus
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[on his last film, The Power (1968), produced by George Pal] The personal friction between MGM and George Pal--the hatreds between them, you just wouldn't believe!--were allowed to operate on that film's economy. It wasn't released with any fanfare. It was grudgingly allowed to escape, with everyone at MGM hoping it would flop, because they were trying to get rid of Pal.
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In the 1960s Haskin directed several episodes of The Outer Limits (1963) science-fiction series, including The Outer Limits: Demon with a Glass Hand (1964), a favorite among the show's fans, written by Harlan Ellison. The long-awaited sequel, "Demon on the Run", was scheduled to have been shown on the television series, Babylon 5 (1994), sometime in 1997 or 1998, but sadly it was never filmed.
Special Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
special effects
Passage to Marseille
1944
special effects - uncredited
Truck Busters
1943
special effects
Desperate Journey
1942
special effects - uncredited
Across the Pacific
1942
special effects
Wings for the Eagle
1942
special effects
In This Our Life
1942
special effects
Always in My Heart
1942
special effects
Bullet Scars
1942
special effects
Captains of the Clouds
1942
special effects
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
special effects - as Byron Haskins
Dive Bomber
1941
special effects
Manpower
1941
special effects
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
special effects
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
special effects
The Great Lie
1941
special effects
The Sea Wolf
1941
special effects
High Sierra
1941
special effects
Santa Fe Trail
1940
special effects
South of Suez
1940
special effects
A Dispatch from Reuter's
1940
special effects
Knute Rockne All American
1940
special effects
City for Conquest
1940
special effects
Flowing Gold
1940
special effects
They Drive by Night
1940
special effects
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
special effects
The Sea Hawk
1940
special effects
Brother Orchid
1940
special effects
Flight Angels
1940
special effects
Torrid Zone
1940
special effects
'Til We Meet Again
1940
special effects
King of the Lumberjacks
1940
special effects
It All Came True
1940
special effects - uncredited
Virginia City
1940
special effects - uncredited
Castle on the Hudson
1940
special effects
The Fighting 69th
1940
special effects
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
special effects
Invisible Stripes
1939
special effects
We Are Not Alone
1939
special effects
The Roaring Twenties
1939
special effects
On Your Toes
1939
special effects
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
special effects
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
special effects
Dodge City
1939
special effects
Wings of the Navy
1939
special effects - uncredited
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
special effects - as Byron Haskins
Submarine D-1
1937
special effects - as Byron Haskins
The Perfect Specimen
1937
special effects - uncredited
Slim
1937
special photographic effects
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
special photographic effects
Clothes Make the Pirate
1925
special photographic effects - uncredited
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1968
TV Series 1 episode
The Power
1968
Historias para no dormir
1966
TV Series 1 episode
The Outer Limits
1963-1964
TV Series 6 episodes
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
1964
Captain Sindbad
1963
Armored Command
1961
September Storm
1960
Jet Over the Atlantic
1959
World of Giants
1959
TV Series 1 episode
The Little Savage
1959
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
The Californians
1957-1958
TV Series 3 episodes
Alcoa Theatre
1957
TV Series 1 episode
The Adventures of McGraw
1957
TV Series 1 episode
The Adventures of Long John Silver
1957
TV Series 1 episode
Studio 57
1957
TV Series 2 episodes
The Boss
1956
The First Texan
1956
Screen Directors Playhouse
1956
TV Series 1 episode
Conquest of Space
1955
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1955
TV Series 2 episodes
Long John Silver
1954
The Naked Jungle
1954
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954
The War of the Worlds
1953
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
Silver City
1951
Warpath
1951
Tarzan's Peril
1951
Treasure Island
1950
Too Late for Tears
1949
Man-Eater of Kumaon
1948
I Walk Alone
1948
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
uncredited
The Siren
1927
Ginsberg the Great
1927
Irish Hearts
1927
Matinee Ladies
1927
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Green Light
1937
photography
Stage Struck
1936
photography
I Married a Doctor
1936
photographed by
Colleen
1936
photography
Personal Maid's Secret
1935
photography
Little Big Shot
1935
uncredited
Black Fury
1935
photography
Side Streets
1934
photography
As the Earth Turns
1934
photography
Strings
1933
Short
It's Tough to Be Famous
1932
The Deadline
1931
The Guilty Generation
1931
photographed by
Madonna of Avenue A
1929
Glad Rag Doll
1929
The Redeeming Sin
1929
On Trial
1928
The Singing Fool
1928
Caught in the Fog
1928
When a Man Loves
1927
photography
Wolf's Clothing
1927
Across the Pacific
1926
Millionaires
1926
Don Juan
1926
uncredited
The Sea Beast
1926
The Golden Cocoon
1925
Where the Worst Begins
1925
Bobbed Hair
1925
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1925
On Thin Ice
1925
Slander the Woman
1923
Broken Chains
1922
The World's a Stage
1922
Hurricane's Gal
1922
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wild Harvest
1947
second unit director - uncredited
Gambling on the High Seas
1940
second unit director - uncredited
Four Wives
1939
second unit director - uncredited
On Your Toes
1939
second unit director - uncredited
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Star Trek
TV Series associate producer - 2 episodes, 1966 - 1986 co-producer - 1 episode, 1986
Black Waters
1929
supervising producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Speckled Band
1931
technical supervisor
Tons of Money
1930
technical supervisor
Plunder
1930
technical supervisor
On Approval
1930
technical supervisor
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Silver Dollar
1932
second unit camera - uncredited
Man-Woman-Marriage
1921
cameraman - uncredited
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Great Sex War
1969
writer
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
One Embarrassing Night
1930
production supervisor
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hollywood
1980
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Interviewee
Screen Directors Playhouse
1956
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1954
Hugo
Hugo Awards
Best Dramatic Presentation
The War of the Worlds (1953)
1939
Technical Achievement Award
Academy Awards, USA
For pioneering the development and for the first practical application to motion picture production... More