Biography
Christian Nyby (September 1, 1913 β September 17, 1993) was an American television and film director and editor. As an editor, he had seventeen feature film credits from 1943 to 1952, including The Big Sleep (1946) and Red River (1948). From 1953 to 1975 he was a prolific director of episodes in many television series, including Gunsmoke and Wagon Train. As a feature film director, he is likely best known for The Thing from Another World (1951).
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Filmography
all 68
Director 49
TV Shows 44
Movies 24
Producer 2
Director
Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974)
TV
Director
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
TV
6.86
Director
Kojak (1973)
TV
6
Director
Chase (1973)
TV
Director
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
TV
6.86
Director
Emergency! (1972)
TV
8.33
Director
The Partners (1971)
TV
Director
Lancer (1968)
TV
Director
Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
TV
Director
Adam-12 (1968)
TV
7.5
Director
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
TV
Director
Judd for the Defense (1967)
TV
Director
Custer (1967)
TV
Director
First to Fight (1967)
Movie
Director
The F.B.I. (1965)
TV
Director
I Spy (1965)
TV
6.5
Director
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
TV
Director
Operation C.I.A. (1965)
Movie
Director
Young Fury (1964)
Movie
Director
Gilligan's Island (1964)
TV
7.5
Director
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
TV
Director
Daniel Boone (1964)
TV
5.75
Director
Valentine's Day (1964)
TV
Director
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Director
Six Gun Law (1962)
Movie
Director
Whispering Smith (1961)
TV
Director
Dante (1960)
TV
Director
Hong Kong (1960)
TV
Director
Overland Trail (1960)
TV
Director
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Director
Lock Up (1959)
TV
Director
Bonanza (1959)
TV
1
Director
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Director
Cimarron City (1958)
TV
Director
Target (US) (1958)
TV
Director
Tombstone Territory (1957)
TV
Director
The Restless Gun (1957)
TV
Producer / Director
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Director
Hell on Devil's Island (1957)
Movie
Director
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
Director
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
TV
Director
Telephone Time (1956)
TV
Director
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Director
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
TV
5.98
Director
It's a Great Life (1954)
TV
Director
The Lone Wolf (1954)
TV
Associate Producer
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Movie
Director
Private Secretary (1953)
TV
Editor
The Big Sky (1952)
Movie
Director
The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
TV
Director
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Director
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Movie
5.5
Editor
The Second Face (1950)
Movie
Editor
Southside 1-1000 (1950)
Movie
Editor
Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
Movie
Editor
One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
Movie
Editor
Fighter Squadron (1948)
Movie
Editor
Red River (1948)
Movie
3.5
Editor
My Girl Tisa (1948)
Movie
Editor
Cheyenne (1947)
Movie
Editor
Pursued (1947)
Movie
Editor
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Movie
Editor
Shadow of a Woman (1946)
Movie
Editor
The Big Sleep (1946)
Movie
3.5
Editor
Janie Gets Married (1946)
Movie
Editor
To Have and Have Not (1945)
Movie
2.67
Editor
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Movie
Editor
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.27
Based on 445 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1943
1951
1958
1954
1974
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1913-09-01
Deathday1993-09-17 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
ChildrenChristian I. Nyby II
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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