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W.S. Van Dyke
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Director Born: March 21, 1889 in San Diego, CA Death: February 5, 1943 in Hollywood, CA Biography:W. S. "Woody" Van Dyke II inaugurated his career at age three as a stage actor, in the company of his widowed actress-mother. When acting jobs were scarce, young Van Dyke worked as a miner, electrician and (allegedly) a soldier-for-hire in Mexico during the 'teens. In 1916, he was hired as one of several assistants to director "D.W. Griffith", working in this capacity on Griffith's mammoth "Intolerance". After assisting director "James Young" at Paramount, Van Dyke was allowed to direct his first solo film in 1917. He spent most of the 1920s laboring on quickie Westerns, earning a reputation for speed and efficiency. In 1928, he was brought into MGM's troubled production "White Shadows on the South Seas", which, under the snail's-pace direction of "Robert J. Flaherty" (a brilliant documentary maker whose skills at fictional filmmaking was slight), was running way behind schedule. When "White... Full Biography
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