Elliot Silverstein


Director

About

Birth Place
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Born
August 03, 1927

Biography

Elliot Silverstein directed numerous TV productions and scored with his second feature, the Western spoof, "Cat Ballou" (1965), that featured an uncharacteristically humorous dual Oscar-winning performance by Lee Marvin. The director's most notable subsequent film was the lively Richard Harris vehicle, "A Man Called Horse" (1970)....

Biography

Elliot Silverstein directed numerous TV productions and scored with his second feature, the Western spoof, "Cat Ballou" (1965), that featured an uncharacteristically humorous dual Oscar-winning performance by Lee Marvin. The director's most notable subsequent film was the lively Richard Harris vehicle, "A Man Called Horse" (1970).

Life Events

1962

Feature film directing debut, "Belle Sommers"; originally made as a TV pilot starring Anne Francis

1965

Directed best known feature, "Cat Ballou"

1977

Produced and directed "The Car"

Photo Collections

Cat Ballou- Pressbook
Here is the campaign book (pressbook) for Cat Ballou (1965), starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin. Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.

Bibliography