
Paul Wendkos
Directing
Born: 1925-09-20 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: 2009-11-12
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1922; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 12, 2009; Malibu, California) was an American television and film director. Following wartime service in the US Navy and attending Columbia University on the GI Bill Wendkos made his first feature, a documentary on a school for the blind called Dark Interlude in 1953. Wendkos's first feature film was The Burglar . Wendkos's fluid camera technique caught the attention of the head of C
🎬 Movies (30)

A Man of Potential: Visions of Paul Wendkos, the Godard of Gidget
2026
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Different
1999
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Nobody Lives Forever
1998
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A Wing and a Prayer
1998
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A Match Made in Heaven
1997
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Message from Nam
1993
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Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993
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Trial: The Price of Passion
1992
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The Chase
1991
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent
1991
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White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
1991
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Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990
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From the Dead of Night
1989
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The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
1988
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
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Six Against the Rock
1987
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Right to Die
1987
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Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987
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Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
1987
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Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986
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The Bad Seed
1985
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Picking Up the Pieces
1985
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The Execution
1985
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Scorned and Swindled
1984
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Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
1983
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Intimate Agony
1983
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The Awakening of Candra
1983
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Farrell: For the People
1982
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The Five of Me
1981
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Golden Gate
1981
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📺 TV Shows (15)

Blind Faith
1990
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Cross of Fire
1989
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988
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Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986
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Celebrity
1984
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A Woman Called Moses
1978
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79 Park Avenue
1977
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Hawkins
1973
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Hawaii Five-O
1968
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The Invaders
1967
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Honey West
1965
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The F.B.I.
1965
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The Eleventh Hour
1962
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Law of the Plainsman
1959
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Behind Closed Doors
1958
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