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Lewis Teague(I)

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Lewis Teague
The feature-length documentary AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film.  The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment.  Exploitation Cinema has left an indelible mark on American culture, and this informative and amusing documentary proves that its principles—and popularity—endure to this day.  This introduction to the documentary features interviews with such notable filmmakers as John Landis (The Blues Brothers, Animal House) and Joe Dante (The Howling, Innerspace).  Copyright © 2009 Lux Digital Pictures, Inc.
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Extremely efficient and underrated director Lewis Teague was born on March 8th, 1938, in Brooklyn, NY. He apprenticed with director Sydney Pollack at Universal Television, and was a production manager on the landmark rock concert documentary Woodstock (1970).

Teague found gainful employment working for legendary producer Roger Corman throughout the 1970s: he handled second-unit director chores on Death Race 2000 (1975), Thunder and Lightning (1977) and Avalanche (1978) and served as an editor for Monte Hellman's outstanding Cockfighter (1974) and Jonathan Demme's delightful Crazy Mama (1975). Teague also tackled second-unit director responsibilities on Samuel Fuller's classic World War II epic The Big Red One (1980).

Teague made his feature debut as the co-director of the entertainingly trashy Dirty O'Neil (1974). He followed this with the lively Depression-era crime exploitation winner The Lady in Red (1979), which he also edited. The witty horror-creature feature Alligator (1980) and the gritty urban vigilante opus Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier (1980) were likewise solid and satisfying movies. Teague directed two superior Stephen King adaptations in the 1980s, the terrifying Cujo (1983) and the immensely enjoyable anthology outing Cat's Eye (1985). His other films include the fun Romancing the Stone (1984) sequel The Jewel of the Nile (1985), the exciting action romp Navy Seals (1990), the cool futuristic sci-fi offering Wedlock (1991) and the nifty made-for-TV supernatural shocker The Triangle (2001). In addition to his film work, Teague has directed episodes of such TV shows as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Barnaby Jones (1973), Shannon's Deal (1990), Profiler (1996) and Nash Bridges (1996). After a regrettable five-year absence from directing, Lewis Teague made a welcome comeback with the dramatic short Cante Jondo (2007).
BornMarch 8, 1938
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    • 2 wins & 3 nominations

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One of my favorite cameras, the Canon C300
Teaching a directing workshop in Lagos Nigeria.
On the set, directing the documentary LIFESVR
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With Dee Wallace and Cujo on the set of "CUJO"
2014 Academy Awards with the star of Charlotta-TS Laura Bayonas
Director Lewis Teague on the set of "Triangle”

Known for

Cujo (1983)
Cujo
6.1
  • Director
  • 1983
Daniel Rodgers in Cat's Eye (1985)
Cat's Eye
6.3
  • Director
  • 1985
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
The Jewel of the Nile
6.1
  • Director
  • 1985
Alligator (1980)
Alligator
6.1
  • Director
  • 1980

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Director

  • Laura Bayonas in Charlotta-TS (2010)
    Charlotta-TS
    • Director
    • 2010
  • Cante Jondo
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Luke Perry and Dan Cortese in The Triangle (2001)
    The Triangle
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2001
  • Love and Treason (2001)
    Love and Treason
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2001
  • Don Johnson and Cheech Marin in Nash Bridges (1996)
    Nash Bridges
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1999–2000
  • Michelle Hurd, Kenny Johnston, and Matthew Settle in Justice League of America (1997)
    Justice League of America
    • Director (uncredited)
    • TV Movie
    • 1997
  • The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997)
    The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion!
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1997
  • Robert Davi and Ally Walker in Profiler (1996)
    Profiler
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1997
  • Dannion Brinkley in Saved by the Light (1995)
    Saved by the Light
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1995
  • OP Center (1995)
    OP Center
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1995
  • Fortune Hunter (1994)
    Fortune Hunter
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1994
  • Time Trax (1993)
    Time Trax
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1993
  • T Bone N Weasel (1992)
    T Bone N Weasel
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1992
  • Rutger Hauer in Wedlock (1991)
    Wedlock
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Rick Rossovich, Paul Sanchez, and Cyril O'Reilly in Navy Seals (1990)
    Navy Seals
    • Director
    • 1990

Editor

  • Clifford Goes Boom
    • co-editor
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Laura Bayonas in Charlotta-TS (2010)
    Charlotta-TS
    • Editor
    • 2010
  • The Lady in Red (1979)
    The Lady in Red
    • Editor
    • 1979
  • Barbara Myerhoff and Harry Asimow in Number Our Days (1976)
    Number Our Days
    • Editor
    • Short
    • 1976
  • Cloris Leachman, Linda Purl, and Stuart Whitman in Crazy Mama (1975)
    Crazy Mama
    • Editor
    • 1975
  • Summer Run (1974)
    Summer Run
    • Editor
    • 1974
  • Forgotten Island of Santosha
    • Editor
    • 1974
  • Cockfighter (1974)
    Cockfighter
    • Editor
    • 1974

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Mark Hamill and Lee Marvin in The Big Red One (1980)
    The Big Red One
    • second unit director
    • 1980
  • Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)
    Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
    • second unit director
    • 1979
  • Mia Farrow and Rock Hudson in Avalanche (1978)
    Avalanche
    • director: avalanche sequence
    • 1978
  • Thunder and Lightning (1977)
    Thunder and Lightning
    • second unit director
    • 1977
  • Sylvester Stallone, David Carradine, and Simone Griffeth in Death Race 2000 (1975)
    Death Race 2000
    • second unit director
    • 1975
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    • March 8, 1938
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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    Apprenticed under Sydney Pollack at Universal TV.
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    [on audio commentary for Death Race 2000 (1975)] My instructions from Roger [producer Roger Corman] were to shoot as many exciting action sequences as possible, and my instructions from Paul (director Paul Bartel] were to shoot squirrels watching the cars go by, like a Disney movie.
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    • The Lady in Red
      (1979)
      $11,000

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