Walter Shenson (June 22, 1919 – October 17, 2000) was a film producer, director and writer, best known for producing the Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965).He was born in San Francisco, California, in 1919 and attended Stanford University. He also spent two years in the United States Army during World War II. His wife, Geraldine, died in 1999. Shenson also had a sister, two sons and four grandchildren.
[interviewed about film-making in Britain in 1971]: Still a lovely place to live, no longer any place for a film-maker to work. For an American, it is impossible to make a film reflecting the British scene - there just is no scene today.
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A graduate of Stanford University, he initially worked as a publicist for Paramount and Columbia, before settling in Britain in the mid-1950's. Chiefly remembered for producing the Beatles' films "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!".
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ruby Jean and Joe
1996
TV Movie producer
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
1995
Video documentary executive producer
Echo Park
1985
producer
Reuben, Reuben
1983
producer
The Chicken Chronicles
1977
producer
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973
producer
Welcome to the Club
1971
producer
A Talent for Loving
1969
producer
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
producer
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia
1968
producer
Help!
1965
producer
Vacation Playhouse
1964
TV Series producer - 1 episode
A Hard Day's Night
1964
producer
The Mouse on the Moon
1963
producer
A Matter of WHO
1961
producer
The Mouse That Roared
1959
producer
Korea Patrol
1951
producer
Inner Sanctum
1948
producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Caine Mutiny
1954
unit publicist - uncredited
Miss Sadie Thompson
1953
publicist - uncredited
From Here to Eternity
1953
unit publicist - uncredited
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Welcome to the Club
1971
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Korea Patrol
1951
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Talent for Loving
1969
production manager
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hard Core Logo
1996
acknowledgment: Godfather - as Walter Shensen
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970)
2000
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'
$600,000
