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).
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August 3, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts
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Job Titles:
Director, Drama professor, Producer
Education
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Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts
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School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Milestones
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1962 Feature film directing debut, "Belle Sommers"; originally made as a TV pilot starring Anne Francis
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1965 Directed best known feature, "Cat Ballou"
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1977 Produced and directed "The Car"
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Began directing plays for TV
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Taught at Theater Arts Department of Brandeis University