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Lewis Teague

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
6

Gender
Male

Birthday
March 8, 1938 (88 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

Directing

2001The Triangle...Director
2001Love and Treason...Director
1997The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!...Director
1996Profiler...Director
1996Nash Bridges...Director
1995Saved By The Light...Director
1995OP Center...Director
1993Time Trax...Director
1992T Bone N Weasel...Director
1991Wedlock...Director
1990Navy Seals...Director
1989Shannon's Deal...Director
1989Collision Course...Director
1985The Jewel of the Nile...Director
1985Cat's Eye...Director
1983Cujo...Director
1982Fighting Back...Director
1981Riker...Director
1980Alligator...Director
1980The Big Red One...Second Unit Director
1979A Man Called Sloane...Director
1979The Lady in Red...Director
1979Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider...Second Unit Director
1977Thunder and Lightning...Second Unit Director
1975Death Race 2000...Second Unit Director
1974Dirty O'Neil...Director
1964It's About This Carpenter...Director
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour...Director

Editing

1987Walk on the Wild Side...Editor
1979The Lady in Red...Editor
1976Number Our Days...Editor
1975Crazy Mama...Editor
1975Death Race 2000...Associate Editor
1974Summer Run...Editor
1974Cockfighter...Editor

Camera

1976Number Our Days...Additional Photography

Production

1970Woodstock...Production Manager

Crew

1970Bongo Wolf’s Revenge...Cinematography

Acting

2023King on Screenas Self
2023Enough Is Enoughas Self
2011American Grindhouseas Himself
2007Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'as Self
1976Hollywood Boulevardas Party Guest (uncredited)
1975Death Race 2000as Toreador (uncredited)