Curtis Harrington
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In the 1970s and 1980s, Harrington directed episodes of ''[[Dynasty (TV series)|Dynasty]]'', ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', and ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' for television. | In the 1970s and 1980s, Harrington directed episodes of ''[[Dynasty (TV series)|Dynasty]]'', ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', and ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' for television. | ||
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+ | ==Legacy== | ||
+ | He is considered one of the forerunners of [[New Queer Cinema]]. | ||
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+ | == Selected filmography as director == | ||
+ | * ''[[Fragment of Seeking]]'' (1946) | ||
+ | * ''[[Picnic (1948 film)|Picnic]]'' (1948) | ||
+ | * ''[[Night Tide]]'' (1961) [not released widely until 1963] | ||
+ | * ''[[Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet]]'' (1965) | ||
+ | * ''[[Queen of Blood]]'' (1966) | ||
+ | * ''[[Games (film)|Games]]'' (1967) | ||
+ | * ''[[How Awful About Allan]]'' (1970) (TV) | ||
+ | * ''[[What's the Matter with Helen?]]'' (1971) | ||
+ | * ''[[Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?]]'' (1971) | ||
+ | * ''[[The Killing Kind (1973 film)|The Killing Kind]]'' (1973) | ||
+ | * ''[[The Cat Creature]]'' (1973) (TV) | ||
+ | * ''[[Killer Bees (1974 film)|Killer Bees]]'' (1974) (TV) | ||
+ | * ''[[The Dead Don't Die]]'' (1975) (TV) | ||
+ | * ''[[Ruby (1977 film))|Ruby]]'' (1977) | ||
+ | * ''[[Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell]]'' (1978) (TV) | ||
+ | * ''[[Mata Hari (1985 film)|Mata Hari]]'' (1985) | ||
+ | * ''[[Usher]]'' (2002) (short film) | ||
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Harrington was born in Los Angeles and attended Occidental College and the University of Southern California and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a film studies degree.
He began his career as a film critic, writing a book on Josef von Sternberg in 1948. He directed several avant-garde short films in the 1940s, including Fragment of Seeking and Picnic. Harrington worked with Kenneth Anger, serving as a cinematographer on Anger's Puce Moment and acting in Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome.
Harrington had cameo roles in films such as Orson Welles's The Other Side of the Wind and Bill Condon's Gods and Monsters. (Harrington knew James Whale during the end of Whale's life, and was a major contributor to Condon's film.) He also directed Who Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) with Shelley Winters, What's the Matter With Helen? with Winters and Debbie Reynolds (1972), and The Killer Bees (1974) with Gloria Swanson in one of her last film roles.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Harrington directed episodes of Dynasty, Wonder Woman, The Twilight Zone, and Charlie's Angels for television.
Legacy
He is considered one of the forerunners of New Queer Cinema.
Selected filmography as director
- Fragment of Seeking (1946)
- Picnic (1948)
- Night Tide (1961) [not released widely until 1963]
- Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
- Queen of Blood (1966)
- Games (1967)
- How Awful About Allan (1970) (TV)
- What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)
- The Killing Kind (1973)
- The Cat Creature (1973) (TV)
- Killer Bees (1974) (TV)
- The Dead Don't Die (1975) (TV)
- Ruby (1977)
- Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) (TV)
- Mata Hari (1985)
- Usher (2002) (short film)