Christian Nyby

Director, Editor

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Chris Nyby

Died

September 17, 1993

Biography

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Thriller and action director of sporadic output whose debut film, the tense sci-fi classic, "The Thing" (1952), is often credited to its producer, Howard Hawks. Nyby went on to helm a handful of atmospheric sci-fi and action films through the 1960s....

Filmography

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First To Fight (1967)

Operation CIA (1965)

Young Fury (1965)

Hell on Devil's Island (1957)

The Big Sky (1952)

2nd Unit Director

The Thing from Another World (1951)

Photos & Videos

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Thing From Another World, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Welcome To Our Igloo

Hollywood Canteen (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I Thought You Were Ann Sheridan

Family & Companions

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Thelma Nyby

Wife

Married in 1940; survived him.

Notes

Nominated for an Academy Award for his work on "Red River."

Biography

Thriller and action director of sporadic output whose debut film, the tense sci-fi classic, "The Thing" (1952), is often credited to its producer, Howard Hawks. Nyby went on to helm a handful of atmospheric sci-fi and action films through the 1960s.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

First To Fight (1967)

Operation CIA (1965)

Young Fury (1965)

Hell on Devil's Island (1957)

The Big Sky (1952)

2nd Unit Director

The Thing from Another World (1951)

Producer (Feature Film)

The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

Associate Producer

Editing (Feature Film)

The Big Sky (1952)

Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)

The Second Face (1950)

Southside 1-1000 (1950)

One Sunday Afternoon (1949)

My Girl Tisa (1948)

Red River (1948)

Fighter Squadron (1948)

Cheyenne (1947)

Cloak and Dagger (1946)

Shadow of a Woman (1946)

Janie Gets Married (1946)

The Big Sleep (1946)

To Have and Have Not (1944)

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Destination Tokyo (1944)

Director (Special)

The Lone Wolf (1954)

Life Events

1940

Began working as a film editor

1951

Directorial debut with sci-fi classic "The Thing"

Videos

Thing From Another World, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Welcome To Our Igloo Banter by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer, as Capt. Hendry (Kenneth Tobey) has first encounters with Nikki (Margaret Sheridan) and Dr. Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite), at the research station in The Thing From Another World, 1951.

Hollywood Canteen (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I Thought You Were Ann Sheridan The original Hollywoodland sign appears in a montage of wartime Hollywood, as soldiers Slim and Nolan (Robert Hutton, Dane Clark) begin their adventure, Joe E. Brown the first celebrity met, early in the Warner Bros' salute to the movie industry morale project, Hollywood Canteen, 1944.

Hollywood Canteen (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Kiss Giver-Outer In Bert Glennon's camera, Joan Leslie surely never looked prettier, as Bette Davis, "president" of the operation, and John Garfield, a leading volunteer, bend the rules so she can give a smooch to smitten G.I. "Slim" (Robert Hutton), in the Warner Bros' tale about the Hollywood Canteen, 1944.

Thing From Another World, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Officer's Club Producer Howard Hawks' way of starting a Sci-Fi film, reporter Scotty (Douglas Spencer) meets Hendry (Kenneth Tobey) and pals (James Young, Robert Nichols) in Anchorage, in The Thing From Another World, 1951.

Thing From Another World, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Super Carrot The whole gang, led by doctors Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite) and Stern (Edouard Franz), reporter Scotty (Douglas Spencer) following, examines the severed arm of The Thing From Another World, 1951.

Thing From Another World, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) That Thing's Alive! Barnes (William Self) takes over the watch and probably unwisely throws his electric blanket over the frozen alien, bringing Hendry (Kenneth Tobey), Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite) et al into action, in The Thing From Another World, 1951.

Thing From Another World, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) We Found A Flying Saucer! Captain Hendry (Kenneth Tobey) and the scientists (including Robert Cornthwaite as "Carrington") make a discovery at the North Pole, reporter Scotty (Douglas Spencer) in tow, in the Howard Hawks production, The Thing From Another World, 1951.

One Sunday Afternoon (1948) -- (Original Trailer) A dentist in turn-of-the-century New York thinks he may have married the wrong girl in Raoul Walsh's musical version of the stage hit One Sunday Afternoon (1948).

Hollywood Canteen -- (Original Trailer) Half of Hollywood pitches in to help a serviceman and a starlet find love at the Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Shadow of a Woman - (Original Trailer) A woman suspects her husband of plotting to kill his son from a previous marriage in Shadow Of A Woman (1946).

Destination Tokyo - (Original Trailer) A U.S. submarine braves enemy waters during World War II in Destination Tokyo (1944) starring Cary Grant & John Garfield.

Janie Gets Married - (Original Trailer) In the sequel to Janie (1944), Janie (Joan Leslie) marries her soldier boy and helps him adjust to civilian life.

Cheyenne - (Original Trailer) A gambler falls for the wife of the outlaw he's out to catch in Raoul Walsh's Cheyenne (1947).

Fighter Squadron - (Original Trailer) A dedicated flyer (Edmond O'Brien) pushes himself and those around him during a perilous World War II campaign in Fighter Squadron (1948).

Thing from Another World, The - (Original Trailer) The crew of a remote Arctic base fights off a murderous monster from outer space in The Thing from Another World (1951).

Family

Christian Nyby II

Son

Director. Survived him.

Kirkland Nyby

Son

Survived him.

Companions

Thelma Nyby

Wife

Married in 1940; survived him.

Bibliography

Notes

Nominated for an Academy Award for his work on "Red River."

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