Sidney Salkow (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Sidney Salkow

Looking for reviews of films directed by Sidney Salkow? Cinafilm has a total of 31 reviews across 8 movies directed by Sidney Salkow.

Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 55%.

The Big Night is Sidney Salkow's highest rated movie, with a score of 63% based on 1 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Sidney Salkow is The Iron Sheriff, with a score of 47% based on 1 reviews.

Director Biography

Sidney Salkow (June 16, 1909 – October 18, 1998 in New York, New York) was an American film director (more than 50 motion pictures), screen writer, and television director.

Salkow was educated at the City College of New York, Columbia University and Harvard Law School. After school he returned to New York City and became an assistant director of theater and playwright. Later on he then established himself as a theatrical director. In 1932, he joined up with the film industry starting as a dialogue director but soon later, after achieving the ranks, he became a prolific writer/director of such films as Sitting Bull, Twice-Told Tales, and The Last Man on Earth (the last two both starring Vincent Price).

Additionally, Salkow directed episodes of many popular TV series including Lassie, The Cisco Kid, and The Addams Family.

At the age of 59, Salkow retired from directing, and taught film courses at California State University-Northridge, where he became a professor emeritus and headed the film side of the Radio, Television and Film Department. He died October 18, 1998 in Valley Village, California from natural causes at the age of 89.

Sidney Salkow has directed films starring Frank Ferguson, William Tannen, Beverly Garland and Dick Foran.