Paul Wendkos

Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1922; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 12, 2009; Malibu, California) was an American television and film director. Following wartime service in the United States Navy, and his education at Columbia University on the GI Bill, Wendkos made his first feature, a documentary on a school for the blind called Dark Interlude in 1953. Wendkos' first feature film was The Burglar . His fluid camera technique caught the attention of the head of Columbia Pictures, Harry Cohn, who not only wished to distribute the film but put Wendkos under contract. A variety of films followed, beginning with the hard-hitting crime drama The Case Against Brooklyn, the suspenseful war dramas Tarawa Beachhead and Battle of the Coral...