Mini-Biography:
Christian Nyby was born on September 1, 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USA, US. He was an American Editor, Regisseur, known for The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948), To have and have not (1944), Christian Nyby's first movie on record is from 1944. Christian Nyby died on September 17, 1993 in Temecula, CA, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1967.
Biographical Notes
Begann als Schreiner bei MGM und wurde 1940 ì
Schnittmeister, u.a. von Klassikern wie "The Big Sleep", ì
"To Have and have not" und "Red River", wofür er eine ì
Oscar Nomnierung erhielt.
Nyby's Regiedebüt war 1951 der Scienci-Fiction Film "The ì
Thing". Später folgten zahlreiche Fernsehfilme wie in den ì
Serien "Perry Mason", "I Spy", "Ironside", "Adam-12", ì
"Bonanza", "The Twilight Zone" und "Gunsmoke".
Der Regisseur Christian I. Nyby II. ist sein Sohn
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1967: First to Fight (Shanghai-Jack) (Regisseur), with Claude Akins, Norman Alden, James Best,
1965: I Spy (Serienhaupttitel) (Tennisschläger und Kanonen (Serienhaupttitel)) (Regisseur), Directed by Earl Bellamy, Paul Wendkos, Alf Kjellin, Richard C. Sarafian, with Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, David Friedkin,
1965: Young Fury (Revolverhelden vom Fall-River) (Regisseur), with John Agar, Merry Anders, Richard Arlen,
1952: The Big Sky (Der weite Himmel, Das Geheimnis der Indianerin, Flusspiraten vom Missouri, Trapper am Missouri, Weiter Horizont) (Schnitt), Directed by Howard Hawks, with Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt,
1951: The Thing (Regisseur), Directed by Howard Hawks, with Margaret Sheridan, , Robert Cornthwaite,
1948: Red River (Red River - Panik am Roten Fluss) (Schnitt), Directed by Howard Hawks, with John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan,
1948: Fighter Squadron (Schnitt), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Tom d'Andrea, James Holden, Rock Hudson,
1947: Cheyenne (Schmutzige Dollars, Wyoming Express) (Schnitt), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Janis Paige,
1946: Cloak and Dagger (Im Geheimdienst) (Schnitt), Directed by Fritz Lang, with Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer, Robert Alda,
1946: The Big Sleep (Tote schlafen fest, Der grosse Schlaf) (Schnitt), Directed by Howard Hawks, with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, ,
1944: To have and have not (Haben und Nichthaben) (Schnitt), Directed by Howard Hawks, with Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall,
Bibliography
Nachruf in Variety October 11, 1993; Lothar R. Just, Filmjahrbuch 1994, Heine Filmbibliothek; The Motion Picture Guide, 1994 Annual