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Nathan Juran is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Art Direction American born on 1 september 1907 at Gura Humorului (Roumanie)

Nathan Juran

Nathan Juran
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 september 1907 at Gura Humorului (Roumanie)
Death 23 october 2002 (at 95 years) at Palos Verdes (USA)

Nathan Juran est un réalisateur, scénariste et directeur artistique américain, né le 1er septembre 1907 à Bucovine (actuelle Roumanie) et décédé de causes naturelles le 23 octobre 2002 à Palos Verdes Estates (États-Unis).

Il a réalisé de très bons westerns de série B.

Biography

Nathan Juran nait en 1907 dans la ville de Bucovine, qui à l'époque, fait partie de l'Autriche. Alors qu'il est encore un enfant, sa famille émigre aux États-Unis et s'installe à Minneapolis. Il étudie l'architecture d'abord à l'université du Minnesota, puis au Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Après quelques années consacrées à l'architecture, Juran commence à travailler à Hollywood en 1937 en tant que dessinateur pour le studio R.K.O. avant de devenir directeur artistique. Son travail de décorateur sur le film de John Ford Qu'elle était verte ma vallée lui permet de décrocher un Oscar en 1942, un trophée qu'il partage avec son collègue Richard Day.
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Best films

How Green Was My Valley (1941)
(Art Direction)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
(Art Direction)
Harvey (1950)
(Art Direction)
Body and Soul (1947)
(Art Direction)

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Filmography of Nathan Juran (50 films)

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Director

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, 1h33
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors Kerwin Mathews, Elaine Devry, Robert J. Wilke, Paul Baxley, George Gaynes, Harold Goodwin
Rating52% 2.612652.612652.612652.612652.61265
Robert Bridgestone (Kerwin Mathews), a divorced father, takes his son, Richie, to the family mountain cabin. During a moonlight hike, the two are attacked in the darkness by a werewolf. During the struggle, the werewolf falls into a ravine and is impaled on a wooden fence, but not before biting Robert. Upon investigation, they find their attacker to be human. Unable to identify the body, the local sheriff concludes their attacker was a crazy drifter. Richie insists it was a werewolf but his father and the sheriff laugh it off as childish imagination.
Land Raiders, 1h41
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Western
Actors Telly Savalas, Arlene Dahl, George Maharis, Paul Picerni, George Coulouris, Janet Landgard
Rating53% 2.660342.660342.660342.660342.66034
Vince Carden's hatred for Indians has caused an estrangement from his brother Paul and disappointment from wife Martha. A wagon train joined by Paul is attacked by braves in retaliation for a raid by Vince, and the only survivor besides Paul is a woman, Kate Mayfield, returning home from her education back East.
First Men in the Moon, 1h43
Directed by Ray Harryhausen, Nathan Juran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Films based on science fiction novels, Alternate history films, Space opera, Sur la Lune, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Miles Malleson, Norman Bird, Hugh McDermott
Rating64% 3.2476753.2476753.2476753.2476753.247675
In 1964, the United Nations (UN) has launched a rocket flight to the Moon. A multi-national group of astronauts in the UN spacecraft land on the Moon, believing themselves to be the first lunar explorers. They discover a British Union Jack on the surface and a note naming Katherine Callender, claiming the Moon for Queen Victoria. Attempting to trace Callender, UN authorities find she has died, but find her husband Arnold Bedford now an old man in an old people's home. The nursing home staff do not let him watch television reports of the expedition because, according to the matron, it "excites him", dismissing his claims to have been on the Moon as insane delusion.
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Cyrano and d'Artagnan, 2h25
Directed by Abel Gance, Nathan Juran
Origin France
Genres Adventure
Themes Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors José Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sylva Koscina, Daliah Lavi, Philippe Noiret, Rafael Rivelles
Rating61% 3.092063.092063.092063.092063.09206
En 1642, dans un contexte de complots agitant le règne de Louis XIII, Cyrano de Bergerac rejoint les Cadets de Gascogne et fait la connaissance de d'Artagnan, Mousquetaire du roi. Les deux Gascons deviennent amis et vivent diverses aventures et histoires sentimentales. Le récit suit les liaisons fictives des deux héros avec Ninon de Lenclos et Marion Delorme, et les fait intervenir lors de la conspiration de Cinq-Mars contre le Cardinal de Richelieu.
East of Sudan, 1h25
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Derek Fowlds, Jenny Agutter, Derek Blomfield
Rating51% 2.5730252.5730252.5730252.5730252.573025
During the height of the Mahdist insurrection in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, veteran colonial private Baker teams up with freshly arrived gentleman Murchison, trying to evacuate from southern Barash the emir's daughter Asua and her British governess, Margret Woodville. Over the course of the journey, the group find themselves in perilous dangers of the Nile and its banks. Facing off nature, Arab slavers and a backward Negro tribe they prey on, they are saved by King Gondoko's missionary-raised brother Kimrasi, who then joins them.
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Siege of the Saxons, 1h25
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Actors Janette Scott, Ronald Lewis, Ronald Howard, John Laurie, Jerome Willis, Charles Lloyd-Pack
Rating48% 2.42132.42132.42132.42132.4213
King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. Soon the soldiers of double-dealing Edmund of Cornwall slay King Arthur. However his daughter Katherine escapes with the help of outlaw Robert Marshall. Claiming she is dead Edmund makes ready to usurp the throne in league with Saxon invaders. Katherine and Robert go to find the great wizard Merlin to help them save Camelot and England. He announces that whichever Knight wishes to marry the princess must first remove King Arthur's sword from the scabbard and prove his right to the throne.
Jack the Giant Killer, 1h34
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher, Don Beddoe, Walter Burke, Anna Lee
Rating62% 3.1498153.1498153.1498153.1498153.149815
In the Duchy of Cornwall of fairy tale days, the malevolent sorcerer Pendragon, ruler of giants, witches and all creatures evil, was defeated by the wizard, Herla, and along with his disciples exiled to an uncharted, unknown island. Pendragon however vows revenge and Herla dies, meaning there is no longer a threat against Pendragon. Years later the kingdom celebrates the crowning of Princess Elaine (Judi Meredith). The reception goes well until Pendragon (Torin Thatcher) arrives disguised as a foreign lord.
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Flight of the Lost Balloon, 1h31
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Mala Powers, Marshall Thompson, Douglas Kennedy
Rating46% 2.3448552.3448552.3448552.3448552.344855
Période conte d'aventure au sujet d'une expédition en utilisant un ballon à air chaud pour sauver un explorateur perdu en Afrique.
Good Day for a Hanging, 1h25
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Fred MacMurray, Robert Vaughn, Margaret Hayes, Joan Blackman, James Drury, Edmon Ryan
Rating62% 3.1477153.1477153.1477153.1477153.147715
Eddie Campbell (Robert Vaughn) watches a stagecoach as it rides toward a Nebraska town. Other members of his gang are waiting there to rob the bank. Ben Cutler (Fred MacMurray), owner of the stage line, is on board, and is returning home to be wed to Ruth Granger (Margaret Hayes).
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, 1h29
Directed by Ray Harryhausen, Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Kathryn Crosby, Richard Eyer, Alec Mango, Danny Green
Rating69% 3.4985553.4985553.4985553.4985553.498555
While lost at sea, legendary adventurer Sinbad the Sailor (Kerwin Mathews) and his crew find the island of Colossa where they encounter Sokurah the magician (Torin Thatcher), fleeing from a giant cyclops. While they escape with their lives, Sokurah loses a magic lamp to the monster. Despite his desperate pleas to Sinbad to return him to the island, Sinbad refuses, since he is carrying Princess Parisa (Kathryn Grant) aboard, with whom he has fallen in love and their marriage meant to secure peace between her father's realm and Sinbad's homeland Persia.
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, 1h5
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror
Actors Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Otto Waldis, Ken Terrell, Cristi Conaway, Daniel Baldwin
Rating50% 2.5493552.5493552.5493552.5493552.549355
A television announcer reports sightings of a red fireball around the world. Facetiously, he calculates its path will lead it to California. Nancy Archer (Allison Hayes), a wealthy but highly troubled woman with a history of emotional instability and immoderate drinking, is driving on a road in an American desert that night. A glowing sphere settles on the deserted highway in front of her, causing her to veer off the road. When she gets out to investigate, a huge creature exits the object and reaches for her (the viewer sees only an enormous hand falling upon the screaming woman).
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20 Million Miles to Earth, 1h19
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Films about magic and magicians, Giant monster films, Space opera, Venus in film, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, Ray Harryhausen, John Zaremba, Bart Braverman
Rating62% 3.1480553.1480553.1480553.1480553.148055
Off the coast of a small Sicilian fishing village, two fishermen watch in amazement as a spaceship pierces the skies and crashes into the sea. The men, Mondello (Don Orlando) and Verrico (George Khoury), row out to the site and pull two space travelers from the capsized craft before it shudders and sinks into the sea. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., General A. D. McIntosh (Thomas Browne Henry) discovers that the government's missing spacecraft, piloted by Col. Bob Calder (William Hopper), has been located off the coast of Italy.
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The Deadly Mantis, 1h19
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Natural horror films, Films about insects, Giant monster films, Musical films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Patrick Douglas "Pat" Conway, Donald Randolph, Florenz Ames, Paul Smith
Rating50% 2.549912.549912.549912.549912.54991
Figée dans les glaces de l'Antarctique depuis la préhistoire, une mante religieuse géante est libérée à la suite de la brisure d'un iceberg. Le monstre attaque alors New York, puis Washington. L'armée va devoir stopper l'insecte.
The Brain from Planet Arous, 1h10
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller, Ken Terrell
Rating52% 2.6023152.6023152.6023152.6023152.602315
An outer-space terrorist from a planet named Arous - a brain-shaped creature named Gor - arrives on Earth and possesses young scientist Steve March. Gor then proceeds to use his vast, destructive powers to bend the world to his will, threatening to wipe out the capital city of any nation that defies him.
Hellcats of the Navy, 1h22
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors Ronald Reagan, Harry Lauter, Arthur Franz, Joe Turkel, Robert Arthur, Don Keefer
Rating55% 2.799042.799042.799042.799042.79904
Commander Casey Abbott (Ronald Reagan), commander of the fictional submarine USS Starfish, is ordered to undertake a dangerous mission which sees him attempting to cut off the flow of supplies between China and Japan in the heavily mined waters off the Asiatic mainland. When a diver, who is Abbott's competitor for the affections of Nurse Lieutenant Helen Blair (Nancy Davis) back at home, gets into a dangerous situation, Abbott must struggle to keep his personal and professional lives separate in dealing with the crisis.