Directing
Joseph Kane
EN, NL cinema · 132 credits
Born
19 March 1894
Died
25 August 1975 (aged 81)
Birthplace
San Diego, California, USA
Also known as Joe Kane · Joseph Inman Kane
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (19 March 1894, San Diego – 25 August 1975, Santa Monica, California) was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on western films. Kane began his career as a professional cellist. In 1934 he took an interest in film directing and, starting in 1935, he co-directed serials for Mascot Pictures and Republic Pictures. He soon became Republic's top Western film director. Kane's first directorial credit was for The Fighting Marines (1935). When Mascot Pictures and several other small film companies amalgamated into Republic Pictures in 1935, Kane became staff director, remaining at the studio until it ceased production in 1958. He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne in films such as The Lawless Nineties (1936) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1944), and Joseph Schildkraut on The Cheaters (1945). Between 1935 and his death in 1975 he directed 119 films and numerous television series episodes. Unlike most Republic house directors, Kane was also credited as associate producer on many of his films. Between 1939-57 he was a major film producer, producing over 60 films. Kane was also a film editor and screenwriter responsible for the editing process of over 20 of his films, and he had a brief stint as an actor. During the 1950s Kane worked steadily in television, with emphasis on Westerns and action series. He spent the last decade of his life as a second-unit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste (1966) and In Enemy Country (1968). Kane died on August 25, 1975, in Santa Monica, California.
Known for
Filmography
Smoke In The Wind
Director
In Enemy Country
Second Unit Director
Track of Thunder
Director
Bat Men of Africa
Director
The Crooked Circle
Director
Duel at Apache Wells
Director
The Lawless Eighties
Director
Last Stagecoach West
Director
Spoilers of the Forest
Director, Producer
Accused of Murder
Director, Producer
Thunder Over Arizona
Director
The Maverick Queen
Director
The Road to Denver
Associate Producer, Director
Timberjack
Director
Jubilee Trail
Director
Hell's Outpost
Director
Fair Wind to Java
Director, Associate Producer
San Antone
Director
Sea of Lost Ships
Associate Producer, Director
Hoodlum Empire
Director
Ride the Man Down
Director, Associate Producer
Oh! Susanna
Director, Producer
Fighting Coast Guard
Director
The Sea Hornet
Director
The Savage Horde
Director, Producer
Rock Island Trail
Director
California Passage
Director
Brimstone
Director
The Last Bandit
Director
The Plunderers
Director, Associate Producer
The Gallant Legion
Director
Old Los Angeles
Director
Wyoming
Director
In Old Sacramento
Director
Dakota
Director, Associate Producer
The Cheaters
Director, Associate Producer
Song of Nevada
Director
King of the Cowboys
Director
Song of Texas
Director
Idaho
Director
Silver Spurs
Director
Sunset Serenade
Director
Heart of the Golden West
Director, Producer
Man from Cheyenne
Director, Producer
South of Santa Fe
Director, Producer
Sunset on the Desert
Director, Producer
Romance on the Range
Director
Bad Man of Deadwood
Director, Producer
Sheriff of Tombstone
Director
In Old Cheyenne
Director, Producer
Red River Valley
Director, Producer
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Director, Associate Producer
Jesse James at Bay
Director
Nevada City
Director
The Great Train Robbery
Director, Associate Producer
Rags to Riches
Director
The Carson City Kid
Director, Story
Colorado
Director
The Border Legion
Director, Producer
The Ranger and the Lady
Director, Producer
Young Buffalo Bill
Director
Young Bill Hickok
Director, Associate Producer
Rough Riders' Round-up
Director, Producer
Days of Jesse James
Associate Producer, Director
The Arizona Kid
Producer, Director
Southward Ho!
Director, Producer
In Old Monterey
Director
Saga of Death Valley
Director
Wall Street Cowboy
Director
In Old Caliente
Director
Under Western Stars
Director
The Old Barn Dance
Director
Come On, Rangers
Director
Born to Be Wild
Director
Gold Mine in the Sky
Director
Arson Racket Squad
Director
Boots and Saddles
Director
Gunsmoke Ranch
Director
Public Cowboy No. 1
Director
Heart of the Rockies
Director
Paradise Express
Director
Come on, Cowboys
Director
Ride, Ranger, Ride
Director
Sharad of Atlantis
Director
King of the Pecos
Director
The Old Corral
Director
The Lawless Nineties
Director
Oh, Susanna
Director
Guns and Guitars
Director
The Lonely Trail
Director
Ghost Town Gold
Director
Darkest Africa
Director
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Director
The Fighting Marines
Director
Melody Trail
Director
Young Bride
Editor
Lonely Wives
Editor
Her Man
Editor
