Stuart Heisler

Stuart Heisler
Born	December 5, 1896 Los Angeles, California
Died	August 21, 1979(1979-08-21) (aged 82) San Diego, California
Occupation	Film director, film editor

Stuart Heisler (December 5, 1896 – August 21, 1979) was an American film and television director. He was a son of Luther Albert Heisler (1855-1916), a carpenter, and Frances Baldwin Heisler (1857-1935). He worked as a motion picture editor from 1921 to 1936, then dedicated the rest of his career to that of a film director.

He directed the 1944 propaganda film The Negro Soldier, a documentary style recruitment piece targeting African-Americans. He received an Oscar nomination in 1949 for his contribution to the visual effects of the film Tulsa.

Partial filmography

As editor

• The Love Light (1921)
• Cytherea (1924)
• In Hollywood With Potash and Perlmutter (1924)
• Stella Dallas (1925)
• Lady Be Good (1928)
• Hard to Get (1929)
• Raffles (1930)
• Whoopee! (1930)
• The Kid From Spain (1932)
• The Masquerader (1933)
• Roman Scandals (1933)
• Kid Millions (1934)
• We're Not Dressing (1934)
• The Wedding Night (1935)
• Peter Ibbetson (1935)
• Klondike Annie (1936)
• Poppy (1936)
• The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)

As director

• Straight from the Shoulder (1936)
• The Hurricane (1937)
• The Biscuit Eater (1940)
• The Monster and the Girl (1941)
• Among the Living (1941)
• The Glass Key (1942)
• The Remarkable Andrew (1944)
• The Negro Soldier (1944)
• Along Came Jones (1945)
• Blue Skies (1946)
• Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947)
• Tulsa (1949)
• Tokyo Joe (1949)
• Chain Lightning (1950)
• Dallas (1950)
• Storm Warning (1951)
• Journey Into Light (1951)
• Saturday Island (1952)
• The Star (1952)
• Beachhead (1954)
• This Is My Love (1954)
• I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
• The Lone Ranger (1956)
• The Burning Hills (1956)
• Hitler (1962)

See also

• 22nd Academy Awards

External links

• Stuart Heisler at the Internet Movie Database
• AOL Movies Biography