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Nathan Juran

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
1

Gender
Male

Birthday
September 1, 1907 (118 years old)

Place of Birth
Gurahumora, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now Gura Humorului, Romania)

Nathan Juran

Biography

Naftuli "Nathan" Hertz Juran (September 1, 1907 - October 23, 2002) was an American film art director and film director who is most noted for winning the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for How Green Was My Valley and for directing science fiction and fantasy films such as Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. He was also the brother of quality guru Joseph M. Juran.

Known For

Directing

1973The Boy Who Cried Werewolf...Director
1969Land Raiders...Director
1968Land of the Giants...Director
1966The Time Tunnel...Director
1966The Deadly Mantis...Director
1965Lost in Space...Director
1964Daniel Boone...Director
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea...Director
1964East of Sudan...Director
1964First Men in the Moon...Director
1963Siege of the Saxons...Director
1962Jack the Giant Killer...Director
1961Flight of the Lost Balloon...Director
1959Mantelli e spade insanguinate...Director
1959Men Into Space...Director
1959World of Giants...Director
1959Good Day for a Hanging...Director
1958The 7th Voyage of Sinbad...Director
1958Attack of the 50 Foot Woman...Director
1958Le Imprese di una Spada Leggendaria...Director
1957The Brain from Planet Arous...Director
195720 Million Miles to Earth...Director
1957The Deadly Mantis...Director
1957Hellcats of the Navy...Director
1955The Crooked Web...Director
1955Fury...Director
1955Crossroads...Director
1955My Friend Flicka...Director
1954Drums Across the River...Director
1954The Big Moment...Director
1954Highway Dragnet...Director
1953Tumbleweed...Director
1953The Golden Blade...Director
1953Law and Order...Director
1953Gunsmoke...Director
1952The Black Castle...Director

Production

1964East of Sudan...Producer

Writing

1962Jack the Giant Killer...Screenplay
1961Flight of the Lost Balloon...Story
1961Flight of the Lost Balloon...Screenplay
1961Boy Who Caught a Crook...Writer
1961Doctor Blood's Coffin...Screenplay
1961Doctor Blood's Coffin...Story
1961Doctor Blood's Coffin...Original Story

Art

1952Untamed Frontier...Art Direction
1952Meet Danny Wilson...Art Direction
1952Bend of the River...Art Direction
1951Cave of Outlaws...Art Direction
1951The Strange Door...Art Direction
1951Thunder on the Hill...Art Direction
1951Reunion in Reno...Art Direction
1951Bright Victory...Art Direction
1950Harvey...Art Direction
1950Deported...Art Direction
1950Winchester '73...Art Direction
1949Undertow...Art Direction
1949Tulsa...Art Direction
1948Kiss the Blood Off My Hands...Art Direction
1947Body and Soul...Art Direction
1947The Other Love...Art Direction
1946The Razor's Edge...Art Direction
1942Dr. Renault's Secret...Art Direction
1942It's Everybody's War...Art Direction
1942The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe...Art Direction
1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point...Art Direction
1941I Wake Up Screaming...Art Direction
1941How Green Was My Valley...Art Direction
1941Belle Starr...Art Direction
1941Charley's Aunt...Art Direction

Acting

2000Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'as Self