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'Curtis Harrington' (September 17, 1926 – May 6, 2007) was an American film and television director whose work included experimental films, horror films, and episodic television. Curtis Harrington, Director Of Horror Films, Dies at 80
Harrington was born in Los Angeles and attended Occidental College and the University of Southern California and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a film studies degree.
He began his career as a film critic, writing a book on Josef von Sternberg in 1948. He directed several avant-garde short films in the 1940s, including ''Fragment of Seeking'' and ''Picnic''. Harrington worked with Kenneth Anger, serving as a cinematographer on Anger's ''Puce Moment'' and acting in ''Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome''.
Harrington had cameo roles in films such as Orson Welles's ''The Other Side of the Wind'' and Bill Condon's ''Gods and Monsters''. (Harrington knew James Whale during the end of Whale's life, and was a major contributor to Condon's film.) He also directed ''Who Slew Auntie Roo?'' (1971) with Shelley Winters, ''What's the Matter With Helen?'' with Winters and Debbie Reynolds (1972), and ''The Killer Bees'' (1974) with Gloria Swanson in one of her last film roles.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Harrington directed episodes of ''Dynasty'', ''Wonder Woman'', ''The Twilight Zone'', and ''Charlie's Angels'' for television.
He died in 2007.
He is considered one of the forerunners of New Queer Cinema.[1]
★ ''Fragment of Seeking'' (1946)
★ ''Picnic'' (1948)
★ ''Night Tide'' (1961) [not released widely until 1963]
★ ''Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet'' (1965)
★ ''Queen of Blood'' (1966)
★ ''Games'' (1967)
★ ''How Awful About Allan'' (1970) (TV)
★ ''What's the Matter with Helen?'' (1971)
★ ''Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?'' (1971)
★ ''The Killing Kind'' (1973)
★ ''The Cat Creature'' (1973) (TV)
★ ''Killer Bees'' (1974) (TV)
★ ''The Dead Don't Die'' (1975) (TV)
★ ''Ruby'' (1977)
★ '' (1978) (TV)
★ ''Mata Hari'' (1985)
★ ''Usher'' (2002) (short film)
★
★ Variety Obituary
★ Curtis Harrington mini-bio
Harrington was born in Los Angeles and attended Occidental College and the University of Southern California and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a film studies degree.
He began his career as a film critic, writing a book on Josef von Sternberg in 1948. He directed several avant-garde short films in the 1940s, including ''Fragment of Seeking'' and ''Picnic''. Harrington worked with Kenneth Anger, serving as a cinematographer on Anger's ''Puce Moment'' and acting in ''Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome''.
Harrington had cameo roles in films such as Orson Welles's ''The Other Side of the Wind'' and Bill Condon's ''Gods and Monsters''. (Harrington knew James Whale during the end of Whale's life, and was a major contributor to Condon's film.) He also directed ''Who Slew Auntie Roo?'' (1971) with Shelley Winters, ''What's the Matter With Helen?'' with Winters and Debbie Reynolds (1972), and ''The Killer Bees'' (1974) with Gloria Swanson in one of her last film roles.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Harrington directed episodes of ''Dynasty'', ''Wonder Woman'', ''The Twilight Zone'', and ''Charlie's Angels'' for television.
| Contents |
| Death |
| Legacy |
| Selected filmography as director |
| References |
| External links |
Death
He died in 2007.
Legacy
He is considered one of the forerunners of New Queer Cinema.[1]
Selected filmography as director
★ ''Fragment of Seeking'' (1946)
★ ''Picnic'' (1948)
★ ''Night Tide'' (1961) [not released widely until 1963]
★ ''Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet'' (1965)
★ ''Queen of Blood'' (1966)
★ ''Games'' (1967)
★ ''How Awful About Allan'' (1970) (TV)
★ ''What's the Matter with Helen?'' (1971)
★ ''Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?'' (1971)
★ ''The Killing Kind'' (1973)
★ ''The Cat Creature'' (1973) (TV)
★ ''Killer Bees'' (1974) (TV)
★ ''The Dead Don't Die'' (1975) (TV)
★ ''Ruby'' (1977)
★ '' (1978) (TV)
★ ''Mata Hari'' (1985)
★ ''Usher'' (2002) (short film)
References
External links
★
★ Variety Obituary
★ Curtis Harrington mini-bio
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