Rod Amateau

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AKA: Rodney Amateau
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 12/20/1923
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

biography

After starting his career as a writer for CBS radio, Rod Amateau worked his way up the 20th Century Fox ladder from junior writer to test director to second-unit director to dialogue director before finally making his feature directorial debut with "The Bushwackers" (1952), a Western of interest mostly for the sermonizing in his (and Tom Gries') script, which offered parallels to the political climate in America during the post-Civil War and post-World War II eras. Though he directed another film that year ("Monsoon"), he would not return to features for 17 years, carving out instead a Continued

Credits

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1987
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milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Began career as staff writer for CBS radio
 
Became stage manager for "Lux Radio Theatre"
1941 
Served in US Army
 
Worked for 20th Century-Fox as junior writer, then test director, then 2nd unit director
1950 
Produced TV series, "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (CBS); also directed episodes
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