Directing
Budd Boetticher
EN, DE cinema · 56 credits
Born
29 July 1916
Died
29 November 2001 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Also known as Oscar Boetticher · Oscar Boetticher Jr.
Oscar "Budd" Boetticher, Jr. (July 29, 1916 in Chicago – November 29, 2001 in Ramona, California) was a film director during the classical period in Hollywood. He is best remembered for the series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s, starring Randolph Scott. Known for their sparse style, dramatic rocky locations near Lone Pine, California, and recurring stories of a lone man seeking vengeance amidst a brutal and abstract landscape, the films have, decades after their release, come to be known as some of the most significant Westerns ever made, often compared to the works of existential writers or to narratives from the Old Testament.
Known for
Filmography
Dead for a Dollar
In Memory Of
Made in Hollywood: The World of Budd Boetticher
as (archive footage)
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Gangster
2008
Hollywood Gangster
as Self (archive footage)
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
as Self (archive footage)
Internet Love
as Self
Tequila Sunrise
as Judge Nizetitch
My Kingdom For...
1985
My Kingdom For...
Actor, Director
Arruza
Director, Writer
A Time for Dying
Director, Screenplay
Comanche Station
Director, Producer
Ride Lonesome
Director, Producer
Westbound
Director
Buchanan Rides Alone
Director
The Tall T
Director
Decision at Sundown
Director
7 Men from Now
Director
The Killer Is Loose
Director
The Magnificent Matador
Story, Director
Return of the Dead
Director
Seminole
Director
City Beneath the Sea
Director
Wings of the Hawk
Director
East of Sumatra
Director
Horizons West
Director
The Cimarron Kid
Director
Bronco Buster
Director
The Red Ball Express
Director
Bullfighter and the Lady
Director, Story, Associate Producer
Killer Shark
Director
Black Midnight
Director
The Wolf Hunters
Director
Behind Locked Doors
Director
Assigned to Danger
Director
Escape in the Fog
Director
Youth on Trial
Director
The Missing Juror
Director
One Mysterious Night
Director
Cover Girl
Assistant Director
U-Boat Prisoner
Co-Director
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Hocoy McManus
The More the Merrier
Assistant Director
Submarine Raider
Co-Director
Blood and Sand
Choreographer